Voices is the second album by American rock band Matchbook Romance

Matchbook Romance

Matchbook Romance was an American rock band from Poughkeepsie, New York and was formed in 1997.were signed to Epitaph Records. They released two full length albums and one EP...

. The album's sound leaves behind much of the characteristic pop punk

Pop punk

Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...

 sound of their debut, Stories and Alibis

Stories and Alibis

Stories and Alibis is the debut album released by Matchbook Romance in 2003 on Epitaph Records.-Track listing:#"Introduction" – 1:34#"Your Stories, My Alibis" – 4:46#"Playing for Keeps" – 3:45#"Promise" – 4:16#"Lovers & Liars" – 3:21...

, 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".

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

Shawn Harris

Shawn Harris was the lead singer and guitarist for pop punk group, The Matches. He is an artist and has done the art for several albums, including Matchbook Romance's Voices and Bayside's Shudder. He was born in Oakland, California, and attended Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland...

 from pop punk band The Matches

The Matches

The Matches are a United States-based band formed in 1997 in Oakland, California. It currently is composed of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Shawn Harris, lead guitarist and backup vocalist Jonathan Devoto, bassist and backup vocalist Dylan Rowe, and drummer Matt Whalen...

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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

Hidden track

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 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

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

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, Madden NFL 07

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 and Arena Football: Road to Glory

Arena Football: Road to Glory

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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
  Hidden track
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   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

External links

• Matchbook Romance at Epitaph
• Matchbook Romance at Myspace
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