10.10.07 | Time For A Change
So it's been quite a while since I've had a chance to write and say hello to you all. Things have been extremely busy in my neck of the woods. The new album is selling extremely well and the download sales are unbelievable (I have to be honest, I never really thought the whole MP3/iPod thing was going to catch on – I was wrong!).

I've spent most of my time promoting the album abroad and working to re-establish my international presence. It has definitely paid off – the album is doing really well in Europe and Asia. It's also been a lot of work.

I named the disc "In the Meantime" because I felt like this album was my way to put out tracks that I'm really proud of while buying myself the time I need to take my music in a different direction. This album felt like a mid-point for me – melodically, lyrically, and emotionally, "In The Meantime" has the focus and organization that I've struggled to find in some of my previous albums. I think that the release of this album has allowed me to close a chapter or two in my musical career. To be honest, I resent some of the cleanliness that this album exudes. Recording it was a bit of a creative nightmare – some of the songs were recorded countless different times in order to get the exact sound I wanted. What got lost in the mix was the spontaneity that makes an album sound rugged and natural. I feel that the songs are some of the best I've ever written, but they're good in a 'this-sounds-like-a-single' kind of way. None of the songs support other songs on the album. Instead, I think they all fight to be heard. Since I recorded those songs, I've become a lot more comfortable with my singing and songwriting – that comfort shows in the songs I'm working on now.

I'm leading up to something here. Since I was eleven years old, I've been releasing music as "Twilight's Moon," sometimes with other musicians and sometimes by myself. After more than a decade, I think that the name "Twilight's Moon" and my previous works have started to define who I am and who I'm expected to be. I've never wanted to be an artist who has to play by the rules – I don't think that my music or my 'self' fit into any specific category. I am who I am.

Having said that, I think it's time to move past the Twilight's Moon name for the time being. I don't need to hide in the shadows of an established career. These new songs I'm working on are different from anything I've ever done – they're still melodic and pleasing, but they're more spontaneous and alive. They stand on their own, but in a way that supports the creative whole and delivers a message. For the first time in a long time, I feel comfortable breaking some new musical ground and trying to bring something new to the table. For that reason, I feel that this is the start of a second phase (and the second decade) of my career. I think the time is right for me to present my work as me. As of now, my plan is to release my next album as "Brian Larsen," not Twilight's Moon. It may seem like a small step, but it's a giant leap in breaking with the past. The new album is tentatively scheduled for release on May 6, 2008. I'm about a quarter of the way done recording.

I hope you all are doing well. Enjoy the fall and the beautiful colors it brings.

With love,

-Brian Larsen
October, 2007

12.21.06 | A Message from Brian -- Looking Back on 2006
2006 was an unforgettable year for all of us -- it's certainly been a mixture of highs and lows. The phenomenal success of the three singles I released over the course of the year was overshadowed by the death of my longtime manager and business partner, Debra Ritz Mason. Her passing put the importance of family and friends into perspective for me...

I've spent the majority of the year in an introspective and pensive state ~ as I've gotten older and spent more and more time taking in the realities of this world that so many suffer through -- poverty, hunger, and disease -- I've felt very overwhelmed, almost as if I'm on a sensory overload. There is so much going on outside of this narrow margin of reality that a select few of us experience that the shell-shock of the life that others live can be mind-boggling. It makes you start to feel very political and disenfranchised with the world.

At any rate, I've felt very inspired over the last several months and I've written a wealth of material -- I will be releasing multiple different projects over the next year... expect to see the long awaited "Last of the Romantics" as well as some exclusive EPs and many, many surprises.

In honor of the ten-year anniversary of the release of "Pi", my debut album, the ten-year anniversary of Protocol Records, I am declaring 2007 to be the year of Twilight's Moon. It's been an incredible journey ~ I hope you'll join me for another decade and beyond.

Take care of yourselves ~ have a great holiday ~ I love you all!
-Brian Larsen
December, 2006

11.12.06 | New Single "I Tried" to be released November 28
Twilight's Moon's "I Tried", the fourth single from the upcoming "Last of the Romantics" album, will be released on November 28. Brian Larsen wrote the song in 2003 and has since reworked it several times, this time opting for an edgier, more direct feel to the instrumentation and vocals. Demand for the forthcoming "Last of the Romantics" album has prompted Larsen to release the single a month ahead of schedule. The full album is planned for a May, 2007 release.

07.29.06 | Twilight's Moon's "In the Summer" Tops MySpace's Acoustic Charts
"In The Summer", Brian Larsen's third single from the forthcoming "Last of the Romantics" album, has topped MySpace's Acoustic charts for two weeks running, receiving an average of more than 3,000 daily plays. The song, along with "Goodnight" and "In the Fall", as well as two yet-untitled tracks, will be released as an EP in October, 2006, leaving "The Last of the Romantics" slated for a March, 2007 release.

06.18.06 | New single "In the Summer" to be released July 11
"In the Summer", the third single from Twilight's Moon's forthcoming "Last of the Romantics" album, will be released on July 11, 2006.

04.30.06 | "Goodnight" Tops MySpace Charts
The day after its release, Twilight's Moon's new single "Goodnight" debuted as the #1 most played Acoustic Rock song on MySpace. The track, part of a six-song EP that chronicles a fictional love affair through the course of a year, features Brian Larsen's signature guitar playing and lyrical styles in addition to a newly-found ornate production technique Larsen developed during his two year absence from the music industry.

03.28.06 | "Goodnight," Brian Larsen's first single in more than a year, to be released on April 4, 2006
After taking more than a year to record, mix, and produce the tracks for his long-awaited "Last of the Romantics" album, Brian Larsen (performing for the last decade as Twilight's Moon) has announced that the forthcoming album's second single, the long-awaited track "Goodnight", will be released on April 4, 2006 as a maxi-single, on MySpace, and on XM Radio.

"Goodnight" is expected to be followed by another single, "In The Summer" (Larsen's poignant answer to his 2005 track "In The Fall"), which is slated for release on May 16, while "The Last of the Romantics" is expected to be released in the United States on July 18, boasting 13 new songs and a deluxe-edition version featuring a second disc of acoustic renditions of the album's tracks.

Larsen has released nine albums in his decade-long career as a singer-songwriter and has produced more than a dozen albums for other artists, including work with Oklahoma natives The All-American Rejects. Since 2001, Brian has earned four gold and two platinum albums from the Record Industry Association of America.

03.01.06 | After Three Years, Brian Larsen Announces Final Plans for New Album
Nearly three years to the day since the release of "Broken Windows," Brian Larsen's most recent pop/rock album, Larsen, performing as Twilight's Moon, has announced that he will release the long-awaited single "Goodnight" on April 4, 2006. The single follows "In the Fall," which was released in March of 2005 as the first track from Twilight's Moon's forthcoming "The Last of the Romantics" album, which is planned for a July, 2006 release. "This is something that I had to take my time with. I want this album to be as perfect as possible, and the only way to do that was to take my time with writing and production," he says.

Larsen has released nine albums since founding Twilight's Moon in 1996 and has received four RIAA gold records and two platinum records, including recognition for his work with The All-American Rejects.

09.03.05 | Musician Brian Larsen Endorses Hurricane Katrina Charity
Brian Larsen, the famous musician, artist, and activist, spoke candidly in support of worldwide charities designed to provide relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina.

"Right now, as Americans and world citizens we need to pool our financial resources and energy together to help the thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina." Larsen said he was "very upset" to hear of the devastation in the Gulf Coast caused by the storm, and said he would "do whatever [he] could" to help the victims. Larsen further mentioned that he is planning to form a branch of his "Twilight's Moon Charity" to temporarily support relief efforts through charitable contributions by auctioning his and other celebrities' autographs.