Customer Reviews
Superb - By: Chris Oaten, 17 Jan 2006 
What a fantastic little mini-album this is. I bought the stories & alabis when it was released & was blown away by the mixture of hardcore guttoral screams & amazing emotianal vocal melodies.
This album is no different & if not a little heavierin parts it still lives up to what I expected from them.
Too many people hear the word emo then run a mile, I think they should listen to this band & others(such as silverstein) before they make any pre-judgements based on a pretty dire past of emo music. I believe breakthrough bands such as this & story of the year, will begin a new dawn for emo & its a dawn i am all too happy to wake up too.
This mini-album is a little taster of what is to come from a brilliant band. I eagerly await their new full studio album.
www.stateofemergency.net - By: , 13 Feb 2004 
Matchbook Romance are an exciting new signing to the Epitaph label. Stumbled upon & signed by its very owner Brett Gurewitz Who has followed up his investment by producing their debut EP. This was all the product of a successful internet & word of mouth campaign conducted by the band them selves.
They have a sound that when described on paper resembles the melodic-hardcore trend of late. Once this EP is spinningin your stereo on the other hand, the truth of their musical arrangement & Brett’s production become clear. This is emotional & deep without loosing any of it’s progressive forward motion as it blast through it’s 5 tracks before it is sorely missed until play is hit for the umpteenth time.
The song ‘The Greatest Fall – (of all time)’ is a vastly intelligent & poignant look at a failing relationship; highly impressivein ones so young. ‘You pick me apart, while I search for witty things to say (in my defense)’ is a line listeners the world over will be able to indulgein many times throughout their lives.
This EP is full of emotional & twinkling melodies & vocal harmonies that despite bands like ‘Thursday’ are yet to sound stale. With a powerful & fast rhythm section that can & is called upon at just the right moment Matchbook Romance have that powerful but not juxtaposed bed of sound to carry the vocals whilst giving them weight & complimentary pushes forward when necessary.
Special mention must go the artwork & general feel of the supplied EP case. It is good to see a band/label producing good quality goods that go beyond the audio on the disc & are pleasing to the eye. It is an entire package that you can be proud to own.
If this is any indication as to the sheer talent Matchbook Romance possess then it is surely no surprise that Brett Gurewitz snapped them up so fast & is evidently behind them every step of the way. Finally a gleaming new hope for the future of melodic-hardcore!
Standout Tracks: ‘The Greatest Fall’ & ‘Farewell To Friends’.
a fantastic emo hardcore screamo mellow album! buy now! - By: , 20 Apr 2003 this is a fantastic EP & absolutely well worth buying there hopefully should be a full legnth out within the next year but this will tide you over till then. if you are a fan of such bands as thursday, finch, glassjaw, hot rod cirtcuit, redefine etc then this is a must have. it combines melodic guitars with thrashy screams & heavy riffing allin one song. hollywood & vine is a personal favourite & it is exellent the way the tempo of the song chages so quickly. even if you are a fan of nfg n such like this album could be for you as well as any fan of slipknot (maybe not)it is a superb album that has a lot of influences & they shine through well worth the money hope this was helpful.
