December 19th, 2007
Merry Christmas Already. If you have not already, please come by MySpace, check out my Christmas display. My audio player is
loaded up with an assortment
of new Eric Matthews Christmas recordings. But onto the rest of my career...
It's been an insane time, very busy. After a very long delay, the Seinking Ships debut EP is coming out in February. Some mail orders,
direct from the label, already went out last month and I thank all of you so far who gave such good feedback and
support. The February launch is the real deal with full retail support, advertising, radio, publicity, etc. The
full length is completed now and in the process of finding a label home. News on that should be coming soon and can
be found at
the Seinking Ships website.
My new album The Imagination Stage is getting the full push and street date of January 22nd, 2008. The
feedback from press so far is amazing.
I haven't seen this kind of universal praise since my first record so that is hopeful to see. I want to direct all
of you to the various sites and magazines who are hyping the record but that would be too much. So, for those of who want a peek, check out
THIS HERE for a quick blurb and a free mp3 preview.
Cardinal
has the reunion blues. Richard is writing songs and I am doing some pre-production work on a few songs. The
outcome so far is hopeful and we hope to have something finished by the end of summer. At this point, I would say
that 2009 could be the year for the long missing 2nd record. Let's see, the debut was in early 1994...you do the
math.
Oh, please come by the Axe Riverboy page to hear my production/remix work on the new Axe Riverboy single. Axe
Riverboy is actually Xavier Boyer from Tahiti 80, in his new solo artist incarnation.
What else can I say? Things are going well and looking up all over the place. It was a very good year, this
2007. I do hope that the sun is shining in your lives.
October 2nd, 2007
I have been dreadful with keeping this website up to date and humming. Shall I just pull the plug on it? As
most of you must know
I have made the leap onto MySpace, where I have a nice little artist page with songs, a
blog, lots of pictures
and all that goes along. Please be my friend... It's quite gay but it really has been a great way to have contact
with those fans
of mine that are also on Myspace - like everything, a mixed blessing.
The main reason I type tonight is to announce the street date for my next coming album The Imagination
Stage. After
the customary delays that we all live with from the blessed Empyrean Records the record is finally going to
come out
on January 22nd, 2008. How's that? Beyond this news I could tell you here about a planned release of
b-sides and the obscure
sometime in the summer (late summer) of 2008. I have also been keeping quite busy with lots of session work for
other bands but there
are currently no street dates to announce, not that I know of. Keep on coming - I won't totally fail you, promise!
May 19th, 2007
Here I am again, finally paying a little attention to this news section. The truth is, this past 3 months have
been one giant holding pattern where actual reportable news is concerned. I was working on my new album, the
Seinking Ships LP, the Seinking Ships EP artwork, and a bunch of stuff not quite worth reporting here. But now
finally I have something to tell you about, well, a few things.
#1. After months of negotiation I just signed a 3-record contract with Empyrean Records. Record one of that
installment will be released on September 11th, 2007.
The title of this epic return to the sound (that put me on the map in the first place) is The Imagination
Stage.
#2. The Seinking Ships debut EP release if finally done and ready for release. There were massive delays
in getting the art done and then a log jam with the ADA distribution schedule but mid June 19th is the new date.
#3. I am now on MySpace. This was a big decision on my part as I had resisted for so long but now that I
have been on, for about a week, I am happy to report that it's the best thing I have ever done. The response there
has been shocking. Hundreds of onlookers, fans, and new fans are coming by to read a little, look a little, and
listen to my audio offerings - everyday. Yes, audio offerings. There, I am going to use the audio player as my
gift to all my fans and yes, potential fans. For now I put up a little "best of", and I will continue that with
regular song line-up changes but most enticing will be the audio exclusives - songs and recordings that have never
been released that I will put up from time to time to best serve my most true fans. The other category of song
items I will be posting will be the b-sides and bonus songs from my first 3 records, songs that were never released
here in the United States.
So please, all that read this please come to MySpace and sign up for being my "friend" so you will receive
the bulletins that will contain the announcements of song changes on my audio player.
That will be all for now. Thanks - EM
January 26th, 2007
Miki Berenyi, formerly of the band LUSH, has agreed to sing on the full-length album that
Seinking Ships is currently working on. Both Christopher and I have been fans of LUSH for many years
and are very pleased to have landed such a beautiful fish as singer for this music we are creating.
I just finished writing the vocal melodies for the 3 or 4 songs that Miki will be our featured guest on and
it's going to be really, really, really good.
Just thought you should know from me, here, before reading or hearing about it elsewhere. Tune in to www.seinkingships.com for up to date news about all of this as it
happens...
January 23rd, 2007
Seinking Ships is ready for business!!!. Pre-orders for our Sinking Ships debut EP are now being
taken at www.empyreanrecords.com And for
the first 500
customers, there will be a limited edition silk-screen poster included, along with free shipping for the sum total
of $12.00. Direct orders from the Empyrean website will ship on February 7th, 2007. The actual
street date (for the shops) is March 6th, 2007. Downloads on iTunes and other such services will be
available on, or by March 6th, 2007. Look here, and at the official Seinking Ships website www.seinkingships.com for those precise dates and download locations.
Remember, only 500 of you get that Limited Edition Poster, so act now!---> hucksterism.
Finally, I had hoped to make another very special announcement by now concerning the future of Seinking
Ships, but this will have to wait. It won't be long now.
My next record is now almost fully recorded and sounding great. This one is going to be full of string
arrangements, a few instruments not yet used on my records so far, and some of the most serious sounding songs of my
career. This one should be called It's Heavy In Here. Can I do that? So now that the music is very nearly
fully cooked (that would be a good title), it's time to figure out how and by who to put it out.
This has me talking with Empyrean (of course), as well as entertaining a few other options. I hope to have some
sort of announcement on that front by springtime.
Until next time...
December 17th, 2006
medical log #2: The Recovery. My hand is ugly and still a touch swollen but it is going to be fine. I am back
in the studio, YEAH!, and on my various instruments I have total facility. The tragedy has come to an end.
Seinking Ships continues to roll along and release dates will be announced on the Seinking Ships website
any day now.
It's Christmastime again and there is a Christmas single that everybody simply must buy. My Irish peers
Pugwash wrote a new pop Christmas classic (it really is good), and it is now available for order or download
on the Pugwash
website, as well as select European retail locations. My hero Neil Hannon mentioned me on the The Divine
Comedy website a couple days ago in connection to the track. If you want to know more about the
single please visit www.pugwashtheband.com to read a well written account
of how we all came together to make this cool song. Neil Hannon and I sing a short duet on the track and
David Gregory of XTC played electric guitar. So, in a strange way it's kind of a career highlight for me.
Other very exciting developements are pending and you will read them here first. Stay with it baby.
October 19th, 2006
THE GUESTBOOK IS BACK UP, AND RUNNING...
thanks Christopher Seink!, geek-boy genius!
October 11th, 2006
medical log #1: Well folks, I made it through the surgery in fine shape. I am wearing a ten pound protective cast
that comes off next week in exchange for a smaller, lighter cast. The pain is already starting to decline and I am
eager to get these next couple months done with so I can get started moving these fingers.
I am shooting for Christmas, that is, playing instruments and hard core recording sessions with my new scarred
hand. I have to finish my record and the Seinking Ships LP by Spring if possible. Thanks to all who sent
well-wishings to me, and prayers to the above.
Pain-Pills and Movies,
Eric Matthews
PS.the guestbook is broken. Thousands of spam have loaded it down and slowed it to a busted pace. A solution is
being explored. Any suggestions are welcomed. In the mean time, I can be directly emailed at:
www.ericmatthewsmusic@gmail.com
September 27th, 2006
First of all, I would like to say thank you to all of you for going out and plunking your hard-earned cash down
and getting Foundation Sounds. Early sales figures are not in yet but I am sure we had the usual nice little burst
out of the gates, for which I have all of you to thank. THANKS!
Yesterday morning I did a radio interview that went out over much of the New England radio drive-time landscape.
click HERE for an MP3 download of the
interview. And thanks to Rick at WPNH for being such a great host. Hopefully there will be more of these great
opportunities to spread the word on Foundation Sounds.
In other news, The Christmas song that I did with Pugwash, Neil Hannon, and Andy Partridge has finished
tracking and will be mixed soon. For those that did not catch the news about this, I was asked to do some singing
and a brass arrangement on this Pug-penned Christmas song that was being put together for charity this coming
Christmas season. The song is really good and the recording is insane, now up to 126 tracks. And thanks to
Thomas Walsh, knowing how much I love the work of the great Neil Hannon, he designed the middle-eight
for Neil and I to sing together. Neil has the melody and I soar above with a bright little harmony. Fun stuff man!
Seinking Ships is plugging away at our full-length LP for Fall 2007 and the songs are coming out well,
amazing. Music like this has never been heard, not on this planet. But more to the point, I should perhaps
announce that our debut EP Sinking Ships is coming out on the Empyrean label on December 6th,
2006. You will want to get in line for that one. And to quote Rick James, and as we always refer to
ships as being female, "she's a super-freak, super-freaky..."
August 8th, 2006 (A Foundation Sounds update to help you get what you need)
Please take a look at the guestbook as David Silva (the owner of Empyrean Records) made an entry this
morning on the subject of ordering the record and getting the EP. In addition to his comments there he also came up
with an idea for all of you that will assist in making sure that you are all among the first in line. Here is what
David has for you as pasted from an email he sent me last week:
"I will be doing an email blast to the thousands and
thousands of music fans on the Empyrean mailing list the night before
the site goes live for pre-orders. Your fans can email me directly at
David@empyreanrecords.com and I will add them to the mailing list.
Just tell them to put" Eric Matthews email list in the subject and they will
be added. This way they will get an email the night before release so they know
when to order.
So, I think that pretty much makes it as easy as we could all hope for. Here's to a big launch and lots of
sales.
yours,
eric matthews
August 2nd, 2006
Good news, that new instrumental band of mine Seinking Ships is more or less locked a loaded with that
self-titled EP ready to come out in October. And of course, a new website (www.seinkingships.com) to launch off the
whole thing.
click HERE to check out the new website and hear a song sample.
And in other Seinking Ships news we are also about half of the way through recording our full length LP, not
yet titled, but with intentions of a summer 2007 release. You will be able to keep up with all things Seinking
Ships at the new website.
And now onto the issues surrounding my coming LP Foundation Sounds and the "free EP" that is said to come
along with it. Here is the scoop. The first 200 people to order the record from www.empyreanrecords.com will get
the 5-song EP (all tracks exclusive to this EP) for free. The only other way to get this EP bundled with
Foundation Sounds will be to buy it at one of the smaller "mom and pop" shops that are participating in the
promotion. I will publish a list here (as soon as I get it) of the stores that will have the EP. Other than these
two ways of the getting the EP, David Silva (Empyrean owner) promises to make a special effort to make the ep
available to those that really need it. After this initial period we will probably have to make the EP a retail
item with a really good price for those fans that got passed by. I hope that this is clear now to all of you that
have been patiently waiting for this news. Sorry for any confusion/anxiety that may have filled your heads on this
issue.
I suppose that is all for now. I am nearly done recording my next record and it sounds amazing. I want to
hesitate in talking about it now, here, as I think it might be in poor taste somehow to discuss it while
Foundation Sounds
is waiting in the wings. In a few months I will say more, once that FS dust has settled.
June 2nd, 2006
I was just informed by my label that Foundation Sounds is now going to be released on August 22nd. I am
assured that this move is the last and that it is being done to best allow for maximum set-up time for the press and
radio. Let's all just hope that this REALLY is the final street date. What a long strange trip it has been. More
news soon, all of it good, unlike this particular posting. Time to go kill something innocent, small, and fluffy.
May 15th, 2006
Well, where do I begin? Let us start with the news concerning Foundation Sounds. As a great big thank you to my
most loyal fans my record company cooked up the idea to offer (to the first 1000 people that buy Foundation
Sounds) a limited edition EP that will have 5 non-album tracks. The EP will be in a separate sleeve but bundled
with the album proper. I will let you know here very soon exactly how to be part of first 1000 people to get the
record. The songs: the first three tracks on the EP were slated as Asian and UK exclusive bonus tracks but will be
released here on this EP to you without having to gather up 6,700 Yen. (I will post the sleeve art on the guestbook
for all of you to look at. We love to look.) Filling out the EP are two songs that I recorded a couple weeks ago
and will be available on disc only here in the USA as American exclusives. For those that miss out on this
initial offering, all of the tracks will be available on iTunes. So, get that pot of coffee ready because
now we are talking about 22 new EM songs on July 18th. It's huge!
I have a new band. Well, actually a side-project of an instrumental nature. It's me and a new guy from
Cleveland named Christopher Seink. He hired me to produce and arrange his debut solo record and once
I was done with my work on the project we both realized that the songs sounded finished, and should stay
instrumental. Tony Lash is mixing this debut EP next week. The self-titled EP will be released in the Fall
(October I think). Look here as we get closer to the fall for details concerning Seinking Ships. That is
what we are.
April 19th, 2006
Hello all, and thanks for sticking
around through this long wait just to find
out when Foundation Sounds is to be
released. Without further delay the new
and final street date is: July 18th,
2006. My label has gone through the
long process of hiring on the proper radio
promotion people, the right publicity firm,
etc. etc. I am sorry for the delay (and so
is Empyrean Records) but the most
important thing for my record is that all
of the ducks are put in the best possible
row(s) as to ensure the record its best
chance. After long work on the part of my
label we are finally ready to roll out the
red carpet for this very important record
of mine.
And Finally, as to not make this too
long here is a quote I recently ran
across on the subject of my recent radio
success with the Elliott Smith song:
---"Eric’s track on the To: Elliott From:
Portland compilation earlier this year was
by far its most successful. The track was
a huge hit at commercial specialty, as it
made Top 20 on both the Mediaguide and FMQB
charts. At college, the track peaked at
#19 on the Mediaguide Independent Singles
chart."
---This quote comes from the radio
promotion firm that "worked" the record to
the radio industry. So, what we have here,
in theory, is my size 10.5 foot back in the
door at radio in preparation for the big
push coming that is Foundation
Sounds.
love,
eric
December 21st, 2005
My new next record is to be called
Foundation Sounds and will be
released on May 3rd, 2006. There were a
handful of delays for reasons I will not
list here but at long last we really have a
date set in stone. The record is being
mastered soon and now we are on to the
artwork and all of the many months of
planning it will take to give this epic of
mine the full launch it deserves. The few
people out there that have heard it, or
parts of it are claiming that it is my best
material so far. I happen to think so too
so I will continue to use the word
"deserve" when it comes to all things
Foundation Sounds.
In the new Magnet Magazine there
is a nice write-up of that Elliot
Smith tribute record I contributed to.
Evidently my contribution is noteworthy
since a good 30% of the article focused on
my track and reprinting quotes of mine from
the liner notes.
I hope all of you will go out and buy this
compilation or hit iTunes to
purchase the download of my track.
Andy Chase let me know the other day
that the new Brookville album is
finally done and in the can. It gets
released early next year and will contain
(like on the last one) huge stacks of Eric
Matthews tracks. I played all sorts of
intruments on that one and can't wait to
hear the finished product.
Lastly, my label has posted 3 Christmas
songs (MP3 format) that I recorded 2 years
ago. It was for that movie Elf. My
publisher asked that I record a few
Christmas classics to submit for the movie
but a week before the deadline they changed
their minds and decided to not use tracks
by current artists and go with standards
from legends like Stevie Wonder and
Ella. I saw the movie the other day
for the first time and I think they made a
wise choice. I never really finished the
recordings and the masters were lost so
this is it. I am not starting over but
they sound cool, stripped down, and mellow.
click HERE to hear the
Eric Matthews Christmas set.
October 22nd, 2005
Once again nothing big to report, Tony
and I finished mixing the record and it
turned out to be something really special.
I give so much credit to Tony and his
various insights in the way that he hears
my music, and thinks about music in
general.
He made some really great decisions and
this record will be better for it.
Six Kinds of Passion Looking For An
Exit is doing really well and again, I have
at least, all of you to thank. But hey, I
got some surfing time (no pun intended)
tonight and I found something fairly
interesting. The Beach Boys are using my
name to sell/explain thier CD's. It
shouldn't be a surprise since my name was
used in the promotional campaign for the
"Pet Sounds" resissue those many years ago
but still it is really strange for me, that
kid from the back yard to be evoked because
of the music that I made in the marketing
efforts of a band, a music, that is so
beyond the best... Enough said.
click HERE to see the
bizzare evidence.
September 8th, 2005
Nothing big to report, Tony is mixing
the record and life rolls along, laying in
wait like a hungry tiger for all of us. I
am here today to direct you to the front
page of the Billboard.com news section.
Hell, I made the front page of something
which I will not complain about.
click HERE to see the
news.
August 12th, 2005
Hello again from the subject of this
fine little web space. Is this website
about me or my music? I don't think I know
at this point. Anyway, it's been a
terribly busy time, this whole year really,
but the past 6 weeks have been more
over-drive than I can remember.
Highlights include:
1. The successful negotiation of a new
licensing contract with Empyrean Records
for an album I just finished recording a
few days ago.
2. Yeah, I put the finishing touches
on an all new set of 17 songs that are
going to rock the socks off of the kids,
all while making them think think think.
After hearing this new set the older folks
in the audience may desire a drink drink
drink. Tony Lash will be mixing
the album the rest of this month. It's a
big job and he is the only man for this
collection. I am finishing and mixing 3
additional songs for use as b-sides and
bonus tracks so the total offering is going
to be 20 songs this time. The current
plan is for an early January release,
worldwide.
One of the exciting things here is that my
label has inked a new distribution deal
with ADA. ADA was my distributor in my Sub
Pop years and it's a great reunion for all
parties because ADA had a good and fairly
successful time selling my records back a
decade ago. It's a general looking up
vibe...
3. I also just recorded an Elliott
Smith song for an upcoming tribute
album called "To Elliott Smith From
Portland". I picked an older song of his
called "Needle in the Hay" that I actually
played on in late 1994 or early 1995. My
trumpet tracks hit the cutting-room floor
so I took this opportunity to take
Elliott's humble little classic and turn it
into a fairly over the top rock/pop
blowout. Stay tuned here for release
info.
4. My good friend Gregg
Williams is producing a record for a
new solo artist named China Forbes.
She is most known as being the singer for
"Pink Martini" and is breaking out on her
own so I contributed one of my brass choir
arrangements for a song called "78". The
sessions are nearly over and mixed so...
5. Yeah, I also built us a bed and a
screen door, but that is more a matter for
"Handy-Man" magazine than it is for this
joint.
And in other news...Thomas Walsh
from "Pugwash" sent me a promo copy of
their new album "Jollility" (I think I
spelled that correctly), due out this fall,
and it is really amazing. The three songs
that I worked on turned out brilliantly but
the whole thing is really stellar. Pop
fans everywhere are going to be offered
something really special this time.
Again, stay tuned here for further release
information.
There are several other records that I
played on this year and last that are yet
to be announced, and projects in the works
but I am going to wait on elaborating
further until more solid information is
available. Mostly, I am here tonight to
throw out that teaser about my next album.
There is also a minor upcoming change
regarding the Guestbook on this
site. Many of you have become regulars
and I want to keep it available to all of
you who enjoy it but there have been
hundreds of SPAM invasions in the past
couple months. So, my administrator and I
have decided to add an extra step that will
prevent the roaming automated spamers from
clogging up the guestbook. The change
will involve all you human users (or
talented family pets that know how to read
and type) to enter in a small set of
letters and numbers to access the
guestbook. It will take a couple extra
moments of your time but in the end it will
be a cleaner, better experience for
everyone.
Thanks again to all of you for all that
you do, spreading the word, buying the
records, saying nice things in the
Guestbook, and for just helping to keep
guys like me (who believe we are making
good music) going, going, and not gone.
July 3rd, 2005
Just very briefly today, but I woke up
and found out that I am in the local paper.
Today's edition of the Sunday Oregonian.
It's a story about Cardinal and various EM
things. I sat with the writer more than a
month ago and scheduling trouble delayed
the story until now. Anyway, I popped
onto the web version of the newspaper and
decided to link it for those of you outside
the Portland metro area.
This is not the major announcement I was
talking about in the guestbook. below is a
link to the story. Thanks for coming.
click
HERE to read the interview.
May 20th, 2005
It took forever but here I am with a
little bit of news. First off, let me
thank those of you who bought my record and
have frequented this website and made both
things a real hit as far as I am concerned.
And a very special thanks to Al
Gore for inventing the internet because
without him I would not have this contact
with all of you. But all ribbing aside,
my new record started with a bang
(sales-wise) and is still going strong.
Radio play is getting going, the press has
been dependably great, and now a third
printing of the CD is just about underway.
And with the upcoming blast of
Cardinal attention I am looking
forward to another big push for my record,
which leads me to news item number one.
Cardinal (the self-titled debut) is
finally about to happen as a reissue. It
will be available everywhere that sells
CD's on June 11th and like my solo record,
it will bear the Empyrean Records
stamp. Cardinal will be
distributed throughout the world and is
literally stacked with tracks. The
original was a 10 song/30 minute collection
but in this new edition it is 21 tracks at
just under one hour, 58 minutes if I
remember correctly. Tell all your friends
about it, buy one for mom and dad, and do
what you can to help make this effort a big
smash too. The liner notes are really
great to read and there are new photos.
Is anybody drooling yet? Actually, one of
the first reviews just got posted at
OneTimesOne
click
HERE to check it out.
The other big announcement is the coming
Japanese release of "Six Kinds..." A
JVC Records affiliated label called
Caraway Records is putting "Six
Kinds..." out on June 6th, 2005. The big
deal here is the bonus tracks. There are
two exclusive songs not heard on the
domestic CD that we all know and l___.
The bonus tracks are entitled "So Clean"
and "The Big Side of You". "So Clean" is
one of the coolest songs I have ever done.
Is anybody out there drooling yet?, again.
This Japanese CD will be available at most
of the major online retailers in a week or
so. I also added a link to Caraway
in the "links" section of this page. You
have to be able to read Japanese to enjoy
it but...
In my next news report I will detail some
coming release dates of albums (of other
artists) I have been working over these
past six months. It's a crazy year so far
and next year should be crazier. I should
be finished recording a new EM album
by late-fall. Hopefully soon after in
early 2006, with the right label on board
(quite possibly Empyrean), we will be
bringing out an overly long new one that
will be well referenced as one of the
longest records released in 2006. Save a
prayer...
March 23rd, 2005
First off some really good news about
Cardinal. It has just been announced
that the reissue that we have been working
on will be hitting the streets on June 7th,
2005. It will be released on the Empyrean
Records label. This will be a must have for
every Cardinal fan as it will include 11
bonus tracks and a new round of artwork
with liner notes supplied by Richard Davies
and I, Eric Matthews.
And speaking of Eric Matthews(third
person), I did an interview last week with
a pretty cool looking online music rag
called One Times One. click
HERE to read the interview.
That is all for now but other things are
developing so stay tuned for more info very
soon. -eric matthews
March 5th, 2005
I had no plans on another news update so
soon but the life of this new record is
coming at me at
quite a pace. Some of you have already
mentioned this on the guestbook but I
wanted to call your
attention to it here on the NEWS page where
more of you might see it.
N.P.R. (national public radio)
has always been a big supporter of my music
and once again they have stepped up to the
plate and produced a new spot for "All
Things Considered" on the subject of my new
record.
I just listened to it and think that those
of you that wont be near a radio when it
airs would like to hear it. It's a
classic bit of propaganda.
click
HERE to listen.
Wake the kids, alert the family dog, and
tell everybody that Eric is on the radio
again. Kind of...
March 3rd, 2005
Hello again, it's been too long but here
finally is the news update that
I have owed this web space and more to the
point, all of you.
The first order of business is that "Six
Kinds Of Passion Looking For An Exit" is
now out, kind of...
I say "kind of" because though my record is
now shipping via online services
such as Amazon.com and Empyrean.com (my
record label, where you get the best price)
. The actual
street date (when real stores like Tower
and Virgin will have it) is March 8th.
Again, this is confusing but it's just a
rough couple days that we all have to get
through. The good news for me is that I
was just looking in at Amazon.com
and there is an impressive sales ranking,
and better
than that - sound samples of all of the
songs on the record. Next, in a couple
months the various import versions of the
CDs
with the bonus tracks (spoken of in the
guestbook) will be available.
The second major order of business is
pretty huge really.
Cardinal
is coming back!!! I don't mean to tease
anybody here as we are
NOT making a new record together, not yet.
It's better than that...the story goes
that
Richard and I took ownership of the record
in March of 2004 and in that time
since we began looking for the right label
to help us bring it back in the form of
a reissue for all of the world to once
again enjoy. We found the label (Wishing
Tree Records) and after many months of
getting
through all of the legal stuff, picking the
bonus material, mastering the new
collection, tracking down the old photos,
etc...we finally got it together.
This time it's going to be even better than
before as it will contain the whole
record in it's original form plus the added
value of an almost unheard of
eleven (11) bonus tracks. Also included in
the new package will be new liner
notes by Richard and I, some classic
unpublished photos, and an enhanced set of
credits that will lend greater
understanding into the making of this
record that
so many of us love. We don't have a street
date yet but it should be out
sometime in the summer of 2005. Look here
to this NEWS page for more
specific details as they become available.
I will do what I can to be better in
keeping this news section a more regular
connection to me and the happenings in my
career. There are other things
that I could tell you of now but I have to
go downstairs before it gets too late
to play a couple of bass lines on an album
project I am finishing up. More on
that in the next report. Thanks again to
all of you for making this site a "GO".
Let's keep it going and growing. -Eric
Matthews
December 2nd, 2004
Welcome to installment number one of
what will be a long-running presentation
covering the career of our Eric Matthews.
Check back from time to time for anything
that Eric wants to share with you, his
community of favorite passers-by.
The big announcement today is that Eric
Matthews has been put back into the game in
the biggest way. Eric has a brand
spanking new collection of songs due for
release on February 15th, 2005 for the
Empyrean Records label. Eric has some
impressive label mates such as
Donovan, The Aluminum Group,
Super Furry Animals, and other
well-loved record makers. Eric also
reports that the details of the deal that
brought him to Empyrean Records can only be
described as "very favorable". Either
way, it seems that finally, after nearly
seven years, Eric has found a record
company that is ready and willing to get
his music back into the hands of the people
who most desire it. Congrats to all of
you, Eric's fans.
Stay tuned for more details concerning
this new release entitled "Six Kinds
of Passion Looking For an Exit".
Oh yeah, there is also a new website
that Eric helped to design for all of you.
You are here now. Revelations!
Again, stay tuned…
