Voices (Matchbook Romance album)

Voices is the second and final studio album by American rock band Matchbook Romance. The album's sound leaves behind much of the stripped down sound of their debut, Stories and Alibis, opting for a darker, more foreboding tone. The album was released through Epitaph Records on February 14 in the US. accompanied by the single "Monsters", and radio only single "Surrender".

Background
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 band chose to tune the all their guitars down half a step to help with the change. The cover of the album was designed by Shawn Harris from pop punk band The Matches.

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" – 4:02
 * 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" – 15:40
 * Ends at 3:40, untitled hidden track starts at 7:40.

Personnel

 * 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