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- ↑ "Room Noises - Eisley". Billboard.com. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ↑ "Combinations - Eisley". Billboard.com. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ↑ "The Valley - Eisley". Billboard.com. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ↑ "With I'm Only Dreaming, Eisley gets a little too dreamy". avclub.com. Retrieved 17 February 2017.