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So yeah, Eisley is making a LOT of Best Of 2005 lists this year, so I figured there ought to be one post for all the links. I'll start, please feel free to post links or cut and paste anything you happen to find online.


http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2005/2005bestof.html


CHRISTIANITY TODAY-

ROOM NOISES- Number 10
EISLEY
Meet the heir apparent to the Christian alternative pop throne left vacant when Sixpence None the Richer called it quits in 2004. Not that Eisley is a direct copycat with their more floating and dream-like progressive pop. But the vocal resemblance is uncanny between Leigh Nash and the gloriously tuned harmonies of Eisley sisters Stacy and Sherri DuPree. This mostly all-in-the-family band of home-schooled Christians isn't blatant about faith in their lyrics, but there are still hints of faith, hope, and love to be found in their poetry, which reads like something out of Narnia or Middle Earth. "Memories" illustrates grace in its depiction of ugly things made new, and "Lost at Sea" could possibly be interpreted as a worship song. If Eisley can make music this artful and haunting barely out of their teens, imagine how they'll mature in the next five to ten years.

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teehee. I know Leigh Nash.
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Blender should be ashamed of themselves for leaving Eisley off of their top 100 songs of 2005, especially considering all the rubbish that actually made it on the list.

And why does every critic have his/her lips fastened to Kanye West's crap dispenser? It's a decent CD but jeez...
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Igaveflowerstostacy wrote:
teehee. I know Leigh Nash.


lucky.

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well i think eisley deserves to be on every best of 2005 list because they just rock.

"i know there are a bunch of people going duh right now"

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Igaveflowerstostacy wrote:
teehee. I know Leigh Nash.


I have her autograph as Leigh Bingham. I wub her. Damn that Mark Nash.





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Kit wrote:
Igaveflowerstostacy wrote:
teehee. I know Leigh Nash.


I have her autograph as Leigh Bingham. I wub her. Damn that Mark Nash.







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Chrisitanity Today wrote:

"Lost at Sea" could possibly be interpreted as a worship song.


LOL
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Saellys
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golly andrew wrote:
Chrisitanity Today wrote:

"Lost at Sea" could possibly be interpreted as a worship song.


LOL


Seriously. How do they figure?

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Saellys wrote:
golly andrew wrote:
Chrisitanity Today wrote:

"Lost at Sea" could possibly be interpreted as a worship song.


LOL


Seriously. How do they figure?


They might as well interpret every love song as referring to God.

Reminds me of this one South Park episode...
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I don't know if this should even count as a top ten list. I mean, they gave album of the year to Switchfoot... Not that I have anything against Switchfoot, but... come on...
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Eisley is my #3 this year
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Let me give this a try:

Sailing over wave and tide oh ho ho
Fantastic waves against our sides oh ho ho
And I'm not so afraid
Lost at sea, as i should be
And I'm not so afraid
Lost at sea, you and I, you and me

Congratulations
Cause we've made it
All the way home
All the way home
And you know that
Until the stars fall
I will always love you
I will always love you

The mystery of salt and sea oh ho ho
Has never been intriguing oh ho ho
And to me but the sea
Green is set so beautifully
Against your thoughtful face
That I must close my eyes
And turn my face

Congratulations
Cause we've made it
All the way home
All the way home
And you know that
Until the stars fall
I will always love you
I will always love you

Still floating soft
I am dreaming and I'm glad I lost
And still with my fingers
I'm drawing circles in the water
In the water
And still, still you're always there

Congratulations
Cause we've made it
All the way home
All the way home
And you know that
Until the stars fall
I will always love you
I will always love you


So the "you" could be referring to God. Not afraid because God is always along for the ride. All the way home could be referring to heaven. So I could see why a Christian reviewer of this song, coming from Eisley, could conclude this was a Christian based song. Though only Eisley knows for sure what they intended, and every listener should draw their own conclusions, I think.
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http://www.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2005-12-21/news/feature4.html

3) Eisley, Room Noises (Warner Brothers): Straight outta small-town Texas — but sounding more like the house band of a verdant magical forest, or Rilo Kiley's ambitious babysitting charge — Eisley fulfills the whimsical indie-rock promise of its first few EPs with Room Noises. Swooping choruses and twinkling-stardust harmonies unfold from the drawling vocal sister act of Sherri and Stacy DuPree, sirens with just a whisper of twang in their voices, while Eisley's music incorporates bits of genial Coldplay-esque Britpop, coffeehouse jam sessions and glimmering, crushed-velvet rock.
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guitarfreak217 wrote:


No one really had a chance at all. She was swept away when she was 19.


Didn't she meet her husband at Cornerstone fest? I always thought that was so lovely! It's such the perfect place to meet someone. All unbathed and sweaty. Haha
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