New music: Over the Rhine and Eisley

I got two new albums last week: Eisley's Combinations and Over the Rhine's The Trumpet Child. I listened to both of them for the first time Sunday night.

OtR's Trumpet Child is a work of art. Absolutely beautiful. It meets the high bar they set with all their previous recordings.

Eisley's Combinations. Hmm. I t5hink I need to listen to it a bit more. It seems to be missing that "something special" that the rest of their body of work has -- something akin to magic. Maybe it's more maintream than their previous stuff. I'll listen again soon and see if I can figure it out.