Currents (Eisley album)

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Currents
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 28, 2013
RecordedMay 5 – October 19, 2012
StudioTyler, Texas
Genre Indie pop
Length49:47
Label Equal Vision Records
Producer Eisley
Eisley chronology
Deep Space E.P.
(2012)
Currents
(2013)
I'm Only Dreaming
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 73%
Review scores
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Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Boston Globe Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
All Music Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Paste Magazine 83% [4]
Absolutepunk.net 85% [5]

Currents is the fourth full-length album by the band Eisley. It was released on May 28, 2013, on Equal Vision Records. [6] The title-track song "Currents," is the first official single from the album, and was publicly released on April 23, 2013. On April 16, 2013, Eisley released an online stream of the song "Drink The Water," hosted by Nylon Magazine. [7] The streaming of this song marked the first full-length song to be heard from Currents.

Contents

The album charted at number 66 on the Billboard 200, making it the group's highest-charting album to date. [8]

Production (May–October, 2012)

The group began production of their fourth studio album on May 5, 2012, in their studio constructed in their hometown of Tyler, TX. The studio was built by members Weston Dupree and Garron DuPree, alongside their audio engineer Mark Schwartzkopf. The studio itself was built to be attached to the house of singer Sherri DuPree-Bemis, and Say Anything frontman Max Bemis. Upon completion of the studio in late April 2012, the group began the pre-production and tracking of the album in early May, 2012.

This album was the first of the group's albums to be entirely self-produced, recorded with virtually no outside influences. The album, though unnamed until after the recording process was completed, features a lush oceanic theme, complemented by a more layered atmospheric production.

Track listing

All songs recorded by Eisley.

No.TitleLength
1."Currents"4:10
2."Blue Fish"3:59
3."Drink The Water"3:54
4."Save My Soul"3:53
5."Millstone"4:25
6."Real World"4:38
7."Wicked Child" (feat. Merriment)4:55
8."Find Me Here"3:57
9."Wonder English"3:30
10."Lost Enemies"3:36
11."The Night Comes"4:52
12."Shelter"4:48

Credits

Songwriting

Instrumentation

Production

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