Voices (Matchbook Romance album)

Voices
Studio album by Matchbook Romance
Released	February 14, 2006
Genre	Emo Post-hardcore
Length	61:49
Label	Epitaph
Producer	John Goodmanson
Matchbook Romance chronology
Stories and Alibis (2003) '''Voices''' (2006)
Singles from Voices
"Monsters" Released: February 27, 2006

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Voices is the second album by American rock band Matchbook Romance. The album's sound leaves behind much of the characteristic pop punk sound of their debut, Stories and Alibis, opting for a darker, more foreboding tone. The album was released through Epitaph Records on February 14th, accompanied by the single "Monsters", and radio only single "Surrender".^[2]

Background

The band chose to tune the all their guitars down half a step to help with the change. Vocalist Andrew Jordan adopts a much different vocal style for this record than their previous, bringing the band closer to the second-wave emo sound. The cover of the album was designed by Shawn Harris from pop punk band The Matches.^{[citation needed]}

Inside the album's packaging is a small plastic panel, with alternating black and transparent strips. This panel can be aligned with parts of the album's artwork to reveal secret messages. Hence "there are voices in the walls." Some of the lyrics to the hidden track can also be found in typos in the lyrics of the other songs.

Release

The track "Monsters" was featured as the lead single from Voices, going on to be featured in video games such as Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Madden NFL 07 and Arena Football: Road to Glory.

Track listing

1. "You Can Run, But We'll Find You" – 4:08
2. "Surrender" – 4:50
3. "My Mannequin Can Dance" – 3:58
4. "Goody, Like Two Shoes" – 7:11
5. "Monsters" – 4:05
6. "Say it Like You Mean It" – 4:23
7. "Portrait" – 4:27
8. "Singing Bridges (We All Fall)" – 5:15
9. "Fiction" – 3:26
10. "What a Sight" – 4:30
11. "I Wish You Were Here" – 15:41

• Ends at 3:24, Hidden track starts at 11:34

Personal

Matchbook Romance

• Andrew Jordan - lead vocals, guitars, piano
• Ryan "Judas" DePaolo - guitars, vocals, programming
• Ryan Kienle - bass
• Aaron Stern - drums, percussion

Other musicians

• Phil Peterson - Cello & string arrangements on 'Goody, Like Two Shoes', 'Say It Like You Mean It', 'What A Sight' and 'Surrender'
• Victoria Parker - Violin on 'Goody, Like Two Shoes' and 'I Wish You Were Here'
• Trish Scearce - Pump organ on 'I Wish You Were Here'
• Mark Rank - Piano on 'My Mannequin Can Dance', 'You Can Run, But We'll Find You'

Production

• John Goodmanson - Producer
• Greg Calbi - Mastering
• Mike Lapierre - Additional engineer
• Brain Thorn - Additional engineer
• Mark Renk - Vocal coaching
• Dana Childs - Project coordinator
• Benji Woerly - Drum technician
• Philip Pierce - Guitar technician

Artwork

• Emilee Seymour & Shawn Harris

Layout

• Nick Pritchard

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2006	The Billboard 200	43
2006	Top Independent Albums	2

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "Matchbook Romance - Voices". Epitaph Records. http://www.epitaph.com/artists/album/462/Voices. Retrieved 2011-03-23. 

External links

• Matchbook Romance at Epitaph
• Matchbook Romance at Myspace.