Voices (Matchbook Romance album)

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Voices
Studio album by Matchbook Romance
Released	February 14, 2006
Genre	Alternative rock, Emo
Length	61:49
Label	Epitaph
Producer	John Goodmanson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Matchbook Romance chronology
Stories and Alibis (2003) Voices (2006)

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Voices is the second and final full-length album by New York band Matchbook Romance. It leaves behind much of the characteristic punk sound of their debut, Stories and Alibis, opting for a darker, more foreboding tone. Vocalist Andrew Jordan adopts a much different vocal style for this record than their previous, further setting the band apart from their "emo" roots.

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.

[edit] Track listing

1. "You Can Run, But We'll Find You" – 4:08
2. "Surrender" – 4:49
3. "My Mannequin Can Dance" – 3:57
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)" – 5:13
9. "Fiction" – 3:26
10. "What a Sight" – 4:29
11. "I Wish You Were Here" – 15:41

• Hidden Track - starts at 11:34

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Inside the booklet that contains the lyrics, there is a hidden message; in darkened letters, it displays the following message:

"Is there really a God? We could really use a miracle right now. I'm really not scared. I deserve what I get. They're coming for me tonight. Invite them in to take me away. It's all a bad dream, a nightmare. If you will leave your light on, I'm prepared for the worst. I'll get back to you. We've all got secrets. This is our chance. Wake up."

• Using the transparent black-and-white stripped decoder in Voices, there are hidden messages on the different wallpaper in the album art

Front: "Purchase at your peril, oh wretched believers of non."

Head mounts: "Mind your skull, lest it become my chowder bowl."

Back: "The teeth of time draw scars of voices."

Middle of lyrics book: "Serve the broth of my heart to the tongueless."

• The song "Monsters" appears in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and is the final encore song you must beat to win the game in co-op mode on any difficulty. It's considered one of the hardest songs in the game due to the unorthodox style required to play the solo. It is also on the soundtrack of Madden NFL 07.

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

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