Hey Kittonian,
I appreciate you posting samples. At least you put your money where your mouth is.
I have to say that, to me, BOTH examples sound like samples. "Your Eyes" is fully a drum sample performance to my ears.. and too quantized sounding. The drums in "Maybe it's nothing" sound like they're at least augmented with samples. The snare fills have that "machine gun" effect. Either way, the drums aren't exactly taking center stage in either song.
Thanks for posting examples.