Artist: Matchbook Romance
Genre(s):
Rock
Rock: Punk-Rock
Discography:
Voices
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
West For Wishing Ep
Year: 2003
Tracks: 5
Stories And Alibis
Year: 2003
Tracks: 12
Matchbook Romance is a melodious hardcore unit from Poughkeepsie, NY. The band started in 1997 when bassist Ryan Kienle, vocalist/guitarist Andrew Jordan, and drummer Aaron Stern's band, Fizzlewink, added guitar player Ryan "Judas" DePaolo and became the Getaway. All computer-savvy, the bandmembers hit the Internet tough, designing their possess internet site and victimisation it for shameless promotion of their wildly emotional take on bloody, midtempo hard-core. The band gained exposure through listings on unsigned isthmus sites like MP3.com, and eventually began performing to a ontogenesis audience passim the Northeast.
Epitaph honcho Brett Gurewitz heard the Getaway's demo via punknews.org, got in stir with Jordan, and before long the bandmembers found themselves in California, signing a deal with the famed touchwood rock mark. Legal issues encouraged the Getaway to become Matchbook Romance, Gurewitz volunteered to produce their debut EP, tours were staged, and Joe Barresi (Weezer, Pennywise) was seamed up to produce the band's eventual full-length. Not tough for a caboodle of guys wHO had religion in MP3.com. The Western United States for Wishing EP appeared in April of 2003 with their debut uncut, Stories and Alibis, surfacing five months later on. Lots of touring helped the latter tone ending sell upward of cc,000 copies, and a 2004 split with Motion City Soundtrack satisfied fans until the more ambitious Voices was issued in February 2006. The guys spent very much of the yr on the road, including summer dates opening for Yellowcard. However, by March 2007, it all came to a sudden remainder as Matchbook Romance announced it was going on an indefinite hiatus for unspecified reasons.
