Album of the Week

And for the first time ever, I bring you: the Album of the Week feature. Every week I will highlight a different album or song to maximize your coffee drinking pleasure (or, as my Econ professor would call it, "utility"). These are the tunes that are making my morning, mid-morning, midday, mid-afternoon, evening, or late-evening coffee taste that much better.

This week's selection:

EISLEY - COMBINATIONS

Eisley had, until recently, been one of those bands whose name I was familiar with but about whom I knew next to nothing - until my friend Shannon gave me this album.

While not the sort of thing I can see myself listening to long-term, Eisley's latest album Combinations is a welcome, albeit lukewarm, addition to my extremely eclectic collection of music. They remind me of the Cranberries, with a sort of Euro/Celtic sound that is completely inexplicable given their Texan origin. Come to think of it, why I think they sound European is also pretty inexplicable. Maybe it's the vocal harmonies that remind me of the Cranberries, who of course hail from Ireland. Or hailed. They're broken up now. Naturally.

Anyway, I'd recommend looking them up in the iTunes store and giving their tracks a play to see if you like them. My favorite track is "Taking Control." Until next time.