Album Of The Day: The Valley by Eisley

Album Art of Eisley's The Valley album - A young girl in a brown-tinted photo is in the middle, and behind her is a red cloud of smoke or something. At her feet and around the red cloud, there is ground and a sky, on the lower left there's low clouds above the ground, and on the right are castle buildings that are noticeably smaller than the girl in the middle. In the top left there's a crescent-shaped moon with a face looking towards the girl. There are also dotted lines of light emanating from the middle. The girl is wearing a white dress, has long hair kept away from her face by a headband that also has flowers over her ears. Above her head is the band name logo, block letters with slightly different sizes and offset a bit from each other vertically. Below her waist, printed over the art, is the album title in a fancy script font.

Released 15 years ago tomorrow is the third studio album from Eisley. This indie-pop/indie-rock band is comprised mostly by the DuPree siblings from east Texas, and sometimes described as "emo". Eisley often utilizes fantastical or magical elements to their lyrics, while also reflecting on their personal experiences. I was a huge fan of their debut album and their pre-debut EPs, but then didn't keep up with the band's later works as much. So I haven't listened to this album more than a few times and it's been at least a decade since my last listen, and I found it's a pretty good listen today. The only song I know well is "Ambulance", which is maybe still the best track, but the rest of the album is also well-done rock music from youngsters who had been playing and writing music for about a decade. Their debut album Room Noises is still my favorite release of theirs, but this album is also pretty good and I'm not sure I gave their later albums a fair shake in the past.

Release Year: 2011
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