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- Summary: The Texan siblings release their second full-length album.
- Record Label: Reprise / Wea
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Top Track
Ten Cent Blues | |
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Dear orthodox, I can't control my feelings, And who hit me? I just might be Coming round the bush And my stilts, they began cracking Subsequently... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 8 out of 12
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Mixed: 4 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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Thanks to Sherri, even Eisley's far-out moments seem intimate.
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The band retains a certain backwoods spookiness, meaning songs like 'Many Funerals' and sci-fi lead single 'Invasion' keep their edge amidst a clutch of tunes ('Come Clean,' 'Ten Cent Blues') that resemble nothing so much as mid-period Fleetwood Mac.
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Eisley's mix of old and new, and accessible and unexpected, makes their music utterly charming, and Combinations is a blend of bewitching contradictions.
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The term "abstract grace" seems to describe Combinations perfectly. The album proves Eisley to be masters of melody, strong lyricists, and capable of evoking a whole combination of emotions that are unable to be described using words.
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Combinations takes on topics you’d expect from kids whose ages range from 15 to 23: heartache, rebellion, love. It is, almost literally, a sophomore effort. The DuPrees have become better musicians since their debut, and they want to show it off.
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Under The RadarToo often Combinations sounds like a retread of Eisley's debut but with a different backing track. [summer 2007, p.73]
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Q MagazineIt is just that, a combination of converging influences, namely Evanescence and The Cranberries, their propensity for choral harmonies ratcheting up the twee factor exponentially. [Oct 2007, p.109]
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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MattD.Aug 28, 2007Combines their whimsical qualities with a new edge. The new sound works magic!
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[Anonymous]Aug 20, 2007An excellent album! I only wish it were longer!
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ColeeAug 16, 2007Fantastically gorgeous.
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EvaS.Aug 25, 2007
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GrahamAug 20, 2007What's not to like? Beautiful harmonies...Solid songwriting....nuff said...
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ChrisAug 27, 2007
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BryanB.Aug 19, 2007
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