Rebecca Haviland is a New York singer/songwriter who has done a number of projects with her band. This project, however, came about through a contact on MySpace. British Electronic artist Chris Amblin heard her music and wanted to collaborate with Haviland. 15 years ago it would not have been possible without actual travel and the constant FedEx'ing of tapes, or expensive equipment that would make that kind of transmission easy possible. Today, it is possible to create music with anyone, anywhere with digital technology, and that is what Amblin did by creating instrumentals and collaborating with Haviland through the internet. Three Thousand Miles is the culmination of this virtual union. Haviland has a voice that can easily fit within Amblin's electronic mayhem, but Amblin is also capable of creating any soundscape he pleases, whether it's a surreal world or something more acoustic and intimate. The same goes for Haviland, who can rock and belt it out, but also has the qualities of being seductive and haunting. How she goes at it vocally depends on the lyrics she writes, whether it's the longing for affection in "Stereo" ("it's not the silence that I'm longing for/but to have you here when everything goes back to the way it was before/turn off the stereo and turn me on...")or the comfort of a lifelong lullaby in "Sleep" ("sleep, forget about the worries of each day/stay awhile and rest your weary head/so just sleep, nothing matters when tomorrow comes/it'll be alright, it can always be undone"). The effect of the reverb on Haviland's voice in "Sleep", giving it a slight angelic feel, is very haunting and almost mournful if put in the right mood. The song could easily make it accessible to country audiences if given to the right person (perhaps Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland?), although all of the songs are good enough to be done by anyone. Songs like "Sunday", "I Invented The Question Mark", and "Winter", however, are from the heart and soul of Haviland and Amblin, and I hope she is able to present herself to the world with material that, if the recording industry was a bit stable, should put her in a serious bidding war. She definitely has the qualities of becoming a pop star with a conscience, but being pop can drag anyone down with the expectations of what the industry tends to demand. Three Thousand Miles is an album for people who love to hear music in shades of color, and Haviland offers up a multitude of hues to describe any vivid mind picture of the day.