Eisley frontwoman Sherri Dupree-Bemis on the new record, babies and having it all.

As “mommy wars” rage on between the stay-at-home and working mothers of the world, the women of alt-pop band Eisley have demanded the best of both worlds. Their fourth full-length album Currents released May 28 by Equal Vision Records, kicking off a new tour supporting Say Anything—with four new members in tow.
They aren’t background vocalists, though we’re sure vocal rehearsals are louder these days, and they don’t play instruments, though we’re also confident they make plenty of noise. They are the first children of sisters Stacy (DuPree) King, Sherri DuPree-Bemis, and Chantelle DuPree D'Agostino, as well as drummer Weston DuPree’s wife, Jessie, all infants born in the last nine months.

“It’s unreal how much joy it has brought to everyone,” DuPree-Bemis says. “It’s just fun! Pretty much the best thing that’s ever happened.”

While she claims there was no real pregnancy pact, Dupree-Bemis admits that reaching the same milestone of parenthood so close together has had its advantages for the band.

“As we planned the touring schedule [last year], in the back of our minds we’re all thinking, ‘if we all had kids right now, we’d kind of be on the same schedule being pregnant and them being around the same age and taking them out on the road. And then it actually worked out,” she laughs.“These kids are gonna grow up together so close, having best friends to hang out with on tour all the time, and that was really important to us.”

Of course, with family additions—and this many all at once—come major changes. Currents embodies some of the transformation the DuPree crew has undergone this year: It’s their first LP written, recorded and produced at their new home studio, and the liberation is evident.

“It was the most relaxing experience we’ve ever had writing or recording a record,” DuPree-Bemis says. “Doing it yourself comes with pressure because it’s hard to blame it on anyone but yourself if something isn’t right, but it was a good pressure we put on ourselves to make an excellent record and put our best out there. It was just so natural because we were hanging out at home writing songs and that’s what we do normally.”

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