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 Post subject: Star Tribune M.T. EP reviewPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:17 am 
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1374/4306005.html Eisley, "Marvelous Things" (Warner Bros.) This second EP from 2003 buzz band extraordinaire Eisley is curious. The Texas quintet has juice and decent radio support, but lacks a full-length album. (The band's Web site says one is on the way, but what's taking so long?) The dreamy harmonies sound inspired by Throwing Muses and Smashing Pumpkins, and some of the lush soundscapes are ripped off from the Beatles. The title track inserts madrigal templates onto basic pop structure to beautiful results. The gals get a tad whiny in "Memories," but they sound a decade older and more mature in the musically adventurous "Sea King." |
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Joined: 31 May 2003 | Posts: 124 | Location: Austin, Tx
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:48 am
hm not bad. but hey, it takes awhile to make a full length appear without half of it being filler. eps are a potent and comprehensive look at a bands abilities that leave you wanting more (like the strokes and the yeah yeah yeahs) how appropriate that they put the decemberists right below them _________________ lovesick on a sunny afternoon leave those bees alone! |
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Joined: 15 Jan 2004 | Posts: 594 | Location: detroit rock city
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 11:12 am
awwwww, the star tribune.... how i miss my twin cities.. *sigh*... but yea, not too bad of a review...  _________________ .neha. ba-ba-BAM! |
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Joined: 16 Jun 2003 | Posts: 615 | Location: arlington, tejas
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 12:02 pm
It's good, of couse. They want a full length. wait for it...wait for it... _________________ EisleyWebGuy "The industrialists never saw the fruit of their own labor - Post Moderism, which I now proclaim as dead. Their forefathers digital revolutionists, have accelerated the final resolve by punctuating an end to our chaotic journey with a new manifesto and a new era: The Age of Meaning." (manifesto's sold separate) Welcome: Illuminists |
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Joined: 04 Nov 2002 | Posts: 5180 | Location: Tyler, Texas
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 1:40 pm
What do they think? Full length albums fall out of the sky? _________________ "If you're a ninja, every day is like friday." -Jamie M. |
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Joined: 28 Jan 2003 | Posts: 2857 | Location: Lake Jackson, TX
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 2:07 pm
They don't?  _________________ My photography:www.jamiemphoto.com You can't spell awesome without emo...backwards! -Julie definingawesome (11:44:11 PM): Eisley shivers our timbers |
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Joined: 15 Aug 2003 | Posts: 25185 | Location: East Texas
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 2:34 pm
I thought they grew on trees, but what do I know...? 
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Joined: 21 Nov 2003 | Posts: 2290 |
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 3:34 pm
No, they grow in imagination and fall out of your nose. I've got two or three stored up I could loan ya if you need one. Somehow I don't think Eisley needs to borrow one of mine, though - they're better off with a "grow-your-own" variety. rock on. cameron _________________ Cameron aka truckpoetry.... If you are IN a band, visit http://www.bandmecca.com/ to sell indie music merch, etc. If you are THAT bored, visit http://www.truckpoetry.net/ OK, and now I've got http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=truckpoetry -- "If you all can return to Venus, are you going back?" |
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Joined: 20 Jul 2003 | Posts: 603 | Location: Dallas, TX
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