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Upcoming "August" and "Through Darkened Eyes" Digital-only Re-releases

August 1st 2009

I’ve decided to release both EP recordings as digital only with distribution being performed through CD Baby and their partners. You may recall that I made both titles available as free downloads along with the physical release of “A Prison of Oneself” in 2007.

Why should I make these released available for purchase now after 2 years of free distribution through Fractured Vision Media? Well, that’s exactly it. No one knows FVM. People Know iTunes, Napster, CD Baby, et cetera. FVM is a very narrow conduit and these other vendors cast a wide net. This means more exposure for An Early Morning Letter, Displaced and now is the perfect time to do it- on our 10 year anniversary.

Hopefully, this will also seed the landscape in preparation for the physical release of “Shudderflowers” later this year. Working in this environment, one needs to change his way of thinking, every so often.

An Early Morning Letter, Displaced Secures Nomination in the World’s Largest Music Awards

July 15th 2009

Grassroots Music Organization Just Plain Folks (JPF) has announced their nominees for the 2009 edition of their music awards. The An Early Morning Letter, Displaced track “Condemnation” off of the recent full-length release, A Prison of Oneself, has received a nomination for best song in the “Ambient” category. After receiving a record setting 42,000 albums and over a half million songs from 163 countries around the world, the organization’s staff and team of volunteers filtered the music down to both song and album nominees in 95 genres of music. This year’s nominees come from over 80 different countries around the world.

The organization spent 14 months from the initial entry date to screen all the music and narrow down the field. JPF uses a unique mix of judges that come from the music industry, fellow artist and songwriter peers and music fans. “We feel that those groups mixed together make for a balanced and compelling process which identifies a lot of music that any one group might miss.”

So what is the criterion for judging all this music? “One simple question: Does the music move you?” Whitney explains. “I was an active musician, songwriter and most importantly music lover myself before starting this and when I went to write the instructions for our first awards process back in 1998, it occurred to me that people often use strict and rigid measuring sticks to judge music. That seemed unnatural to me. People listen to and love music that moves them… It either moves people or it doesn’t.”

For a complete listing of this year’s nominees and more information, please visit www.justplainfolks.org.

An Early Morning Letter, Displaced is the ambient recording project of Joseph Labrecque. Founded in 1999, this expressive project combines elements of dark ambient, ethereal, and touches of atmospheric neo-classical to form a unique sound. Releases are distributed through Fractured Vision Media, LLC.

Fractured Vision Media, LLC is a new media production company located in Thornton, CO specializing in rich internet technologies such as Flash, Flex, and AIR, as well as more traditional website design and development along with audio and video production and distribution services.

July 12th 2009

Work on Shudderflowers is proceeding much more quickly than anticipated. If things continue to come together in such a timely fashion, the new release will see the light of day before this year comes to a close.

Shudderflowers [TEMPORARY]
  1. Shudderflowers
  2. Fever-Drenched and Burning
  3. I Am Consumed
  4. Fearless
  5. Waning Flower
  6. Searching, Lost
  7. Beneath White Stones
  8. A Cleansing of Bones
  9. Where Dead Girls Lie
  10. Alice (the bones)
  11. Drowning Past The Sky
  12. Threadbare

April 12th 2009

We are proud to announce that the new collection of work in progress will be titled "Shudderflowers". A number of interesting titles were candidates before this one and the decision to finalize a name is not taken lightly. Shudderflowers revolves around themes of fervent self-destruction and the fragility of the female mind. Interested in having a listen? Demo material has been uploaded to MySpace Music and Facebook. Cover art is absolutely temporary.

Shudderflowers [TEMPORARY]

Current Track Titles:

  • Fever-Drenched and Burning
  • Beneath White Stones
  • Fearless
  • Alice (the bones)
  • Waning Flower
  • Drowning Past the Sky

February 22nd 2009

Twenty-nine minutes of new material has been written following in the same vein as "A Prison of Oneself". A theme is beginning to arise. The album does not yet have a title. Projected release is Autumn/Winter of 2009 2010.

Current Track Titles:

  • Fever-Drenched and Burning
  • Beneath White Stones
  • Fearless
  • Alice (the bones)
  • She's Fallen (deepening)

A Prison of Oneself - Now Available!

A Prison of Oneself

“A Prison of Oneself” is a dense collection of work recorded over the course of four years. Dark and crushing. Ambient textures interlaced with swelling, almost violent extremes. Edgy soundscapes filled with hope, despair, and a persistent, uneasy current reflective of the mind’s inner hell.

Just Plain Folks nominee