Matchbook romance biography

American emo band

Matchbook Romance was an American pop-punk^[7] and emo band from Poughkeepsie, New York, initially formed in under the name Fizzlewink (–) and then The Getaway (–).

They were signed to Epitaph Records and released two full-length albums, one EP and one split EP with Motion City Soundtrack with them. Their EP West for Wishing, released on April 8th , was their first professional record and was produced by Brett Gurewitz from Epitaph Records; and then on September 23rd they debuted their first full-length album, Stories and Alibis.

History

Matchbook Romance formed in under the name Fizzlewink, the initial band line up consisted of Andrew Jordan as vocalist and rhythm guitarist, Ryan Kienle on bass, Adam Bock on drums and PJ Manzo on lead guitar^[8], this period of the band was heavily influenced by the sound of bands like NOFX, Bad Religion and Pennywise but sometime in mid , the band began to write new songs tha