EMPYREAN NEWS -- SPRING 08
Happy Spring from all of us here Empyrean. Fresh off of our new office move (to a beautiful new loft here in New England), here is the latest news here at the label:

Empyrean signs Graham Isaacson:
To categorize Graham Isaacson as a typical singer-songwriter, one would be missing the point. On his debut, "Memories in Shadows", Portland, Maine-based Graham Isaacson sounds like an old soul. His Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen-inspired music evokes feelings of intimacy, truth, and heartfelt emotion. "Memories in Shadows" was produced by Melodrome’s Robby Baier at SubStation Recording in Housatonic, Massachusetts. Recorded in an old train station, Memories In Shadows manages to be both sweeping and beautifully raw in its delivery, with Graham’s voice and lyrical guitar lines often taking center stage. In fact, it’s exactly those qualities that contributed to Graham landing Second place honors in the International Songwriting Competition (ISC), no easy feat considering the who’s who panel of judges: Tom Waits, Norah Jones, and LeAnn Rimes. It’s also worth mentioning that the ISC received close to 50,000 entries from 82 countries throughout the world, of which Graham’s was one. Graham also won Best Male Vocalist in The Phoenix Best of Music competition in his hometown of Portland, ME and was also nominated for best Singer/songwriter for the 2007 competition. We are excited to report that we will be releasing "Memories in Shadows" worldwide on June 26th. Please check back soon for more details.



JUST RELEASED

ERIC MATTHEWS "The Imagination Stage"
in record stores everywhere!
"The Imagination Stage", the new record from Eric Matthews, is available via all digital stores and finer record stores everywhere. With "The Imagination Stage," Eric Matthews is finally, fully back. Not only does his new Empyrean Records album mark a return to glorious form, but it charts a stirring departure from the pop norm. Conscious craft drawn from a subconscious spark. Music conjured from "a deeper, more mysterious place," as he puts it. Dream pop in the truest sense of the phrase.

What the press has to say about Mr. Matthews and his music:

"For the past decade or so, it's been hip to use terms like orchestral pop, and drop 'auteur' names like Brian Wilson or Jimmy Webb. Eric Matthews was there first, and does it best… Simply exquisite." - MOJO

"Eric Matthews is a pop rarity and he knows it…" - New York Times

"Eric Matthews has one thing the post-rock hordes never will: taste." –SPIN

THE PHOTON BAND "Back Down To Earth"
in record stores now!
Art DiFuria, formally of The Lily's, has abandoned the solitude of outer (and inner) space to come to terms with this world (for his first Empyrean release). Appropriately titled Back Down to Earth, the new album features eight outside musicians, more than on any previous Photon Band effort, including N. E. Farnsworth III from Bardo Pond, Dmitri Coats of the Burning Brides. The results are the bluesiest, heaviest, most soulful Photon Band ever.

Back Down To Earth is now available via all digital stores and finer record stores everywhere.

ALSO: available is the 5 track digital EP "Get Down Here In the Stratosphere", which is available via your favorite digital outlet NOW! Check out the video for "Get Down Here In The Stratosphere" here.

SEINKING SHIPS "Sinking Ships" CDEP available via all digital music stores now!
Seinking Ships is a collaboration between Eric Matthews and Cleveland's Christopher Seink. This is Christopher's debut release. As Eric said "Music like this has never been heard, not on this planet"... The album consists of four instrumental masterpieces that one can expect from a project involving Mr. Matthews. You can hear a sample at www.seinkingships.com.

*Guest vocalist Miki Berenyi (LUSH) will appear on the Seinking Ships LP due out in late 2008! Visit www.seinkingships.com to learn more.



IN THE STUDIO
WHEAT are currently in studio recording their following to Everyday I Said A Prayer For Kathy And Made a One Inch Square - check out their MySpace page for photos and news from the sessions (www.myspace.com/wheatmusic). Release information will be available here as it becomes available to us - stay tuned.

THE YARROWS are currently in the studio recording the follow up to Plum. More information on the upcoming album will be available here later this summer.