I'm Only Dreaming (Eisley album)

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I'm Only Dreaming
Studio album by
Eisley
ReleasedFebruary 17, 2017
RecordedJune–July 2016 at Tyler, Texas
Genre Indie pop, Shoegaze
Label Equal Vision
Producer Eisley
Eisley chronology
Currents
(2013)		I'm Only Dreaming
(2017)
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I'm Only Dreaming is the fifth full-length album by the band Eisley. It was released on February 17, 2017, on Equal Vision Records. [5] The album was produced by notable producer Will Yip, and marked the band's first release following the departure of several original members, leaving cousins Sherri DuPree-Bemis, and Garron DuPree as the core members of the group for the first time. In September 2016, the band released their first song in over three years, "Defeatist", which marked the first song to be heard from the album. Dupree-Bemis mentioned via an interview that "Defeatist", along with several others from the album, were written predominately by Garron.

Eisley band

Eisley is a rock band from Tyler, Texas, originally consisting of siblings Sherri DuPree, Chauntelle DuPree, Stacy DuPree and Weston DuPree. Remaining recording/touring members are cousins Sherri DuPree-Bemis and Garron DuPree. Their name was inspired by the Star Wars saga. Since forming, the band has released five studio albums: Room Noises (2005), Combinations (2007), The Valley (2011), Currents (2013), and I'm Only Dreaming (2017), along with numerous EPs. Eisley has recorded videos for "Marvelous Things", "I Wasn't Prepared", "Telescope Eyes", "Invasion", "Memories", "Smarter", "The Valley" and "Currents", which can be viewed on their official website, but largely, the band's strong, steady, organic growth comes from touring and an aggressive online marketing approach.

Equal Vision Records is a record label based in Albany, New York. Equal Vision Records was founded in the early 1990s by Ray Cappo, singer for the bands Youth of Today, Shelter, and Better Than a Thousand.

Will Yip is a multi-genre music producer, engineer, songwriter, and musician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Yip is an owner of Studio 4 Recording in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Yip is also the owner of Memory Music, an independent record label he launched in June, 2015 featuring projects worked on at Studio 4.

Contents

The album charted at number 69 on the Billboard 200, number 8 on the US Indie, number 15 on US Rock, and number 20 on Top Vinyl records – making it the group's highest charting album to date in several categories.

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 in May 1967, and acquired its present title in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–72), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–84), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–85) and Billboard Top Pop Albums.

The Independent Albums chart ranks the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays (EPs) in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels. Rankings are compiled by point-of-purchase sales obtained by Nielsen, and from legal music downloads from a variety of online music stores. The chart began in the week of December 2, 2000.

Production (June–July 2016)

The group began production of their fifth studio album with Will Yip in June 2016 at the house of singer Sherri DuPree-Bemis, and Say Anything frontman Max Bemis, in their hometown of Tyler, TX. The recording of this album marked the first time that Yip left his studio in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Studio 4 to produce a record. The album saw the group return to some of their pop-sensibility, featuring a more guitar-driven approach at the hands of Garron DuPree, and signature whimsical vocal style of DuPree-Bemis. The band's original drummer, Weston, recorded all drums for the album, though had no intentions to tour the record following his official departure from the band in 2015 to focus on family. The album concluded its production in early July 2016.

Say Anything (band) band

Say Anything is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band was formed in 2000 by Max Bemis and his friends, and within two years, they self-released two EPs and a full-length album.

Max Bemis American musician

Maxim Adam Bemis is the lead singer, primary composer and primary lyricist of the band Say Anything. He also sings alongside Chris Conley in the supergroup Two Tongues, plays alongside his wife Sherri Dupree-Bemis under the name Perma, and is a comic book writer, chiefly for Marvel Comics.

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania Borough in Pennsylvania, United States

Conshohocken is a borough on the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in suburban Philadelphia. Historically a large mill town and industrial and manufacturing center, after the decline of industry in recent years Conshohocken has developed into a center of riverfront commercial and residential development. In the regional slang, it is sometimes referred to by the colloquial nickname Conshy. The name "Conshohocken" comes from the Unami language, from either Kanshi'hak'ing, meaning "Elegant-ground- place", or, more likely, Chottschinschu'hak'ing, which means "Big-trough-ground-place" or "Large-bowl-ground-place", referring to the big bend in the Tulpe'hanna.

Title

During an interview with Garron, it was said that the album was named after The Beatles song "I'm Only Sleeping", citing heavy influence from the band during the creation of I'm Only Dreaming. [6] The band's debut record Room Noises was named as a reference to Pet Sounds , making the reference to The Beatles in-line with their early work. Dupree said of the title, "It felt like a lucid dream, one that I was afraid that I might wake up from, but I didn’t want lose that feeling. So I’m Only Dreaming sort of captured some of that hope, fear, and joy that I felt while making the record."

The Beatles English rock band

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The line-up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr led them to be regarded as the most influential band of all time. With a sound rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the group were integral to the evolution of pop music into an art form, and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. They often incorporated elements of classical music, older pop, and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways, and they experimented with a number of musical styles in later years, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As they continued to draw influences from a variety of cultural sources, their musical and lyrical sophistication grew, and they came to be seen as embodying the era's socio-cultural movements.

<i>Room Noises</i> 2005 studio album by Eisley

Room Noises is the first full-length album of the band Eisley. It was released on February 8, 2005 on Reprise Records. The album was placed at No. 9 among Paste magazine's top albums of 2005. The album had three singles: "Memories", "Telescope Eyes", and "I Wasn't Prepared". Music videos were made for each single, as well as "Marvelous Things".

<i>Pet Sounds</i> 1966 studio album by the Beach Boys

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Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Always Wrong"3:57
2."Defeatist"3:31
3."A Song For The Birds"4:01
4."Sparking"3:45
5."My Best Friend"4:07
6."Rabbit Hole"3:58
7."Louder Than a Lion"3:56
8."You Are Mine"4:26
9."When You Fall"4:04
10."Snowfall"4:36
11."Brightest Fire"4:37

Personnel

Songwriting

Instrumentation

Garron DuPree American Bassist/Recording Engineer

Garron DuPree is a bass guitarist and recording engineer from Texas. DuPree began his career as a professional musician in 2005 at the age of 15 as the bassist for the group Eisley, and became the bassist for Say Anything in 2013. Garron DuPree is also a recording engineer as well as a session musician.

Anthony Green (musician) musician from Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Anthony Green is an American singer and musician from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He is currently the lead singer of Circa Survive, Saosin, and The Sound of Animals Fighting while also maintaining a solo career. He was previously in the bands Audience of One, Jeer at Rome, High and Driving, and Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer. Green is known for his distinctive, high vocal timbre.

Production

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References

  1. ↑ "Eisley achieves their familiar ethereal sound on 'I'm Only Dreaming' – Reviews – Alternative Press". Altpress.com. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  2. ↑ "Eisley: I'm Only Dreaming". PopMatters.com. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-06-15.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ McLevy, Alex. "I'm Only Dreaming · Eisley · Music Review With I'm Only Dreaming, Eisley gets a little too dreamy · Music Review · The A.V. Club". Avclub.com. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  5. ↑ "Eisley Announces 'I'm Only Dreaming' Fifth Full-Length Out February 17; Premieres New Song "You Are Mine" – Equal Vision Records". Equalvision.com. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  6. ↑ "Garron Dupree On The Sound Of Eisley & Coining The Name 'I'm Only Dreaming'". Newnoisemagazine.com. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
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