NEWS!!

June 03, 2009

The band has assembled, rehearsals taking place soon, players will be announced. Stay tuned we are hitting the stage with a fury all over Boston, NY and Western Mass this Summer!!

Also next Monday (June 8th) Matt will be on the front page of Purevolume.com, check me out!!

Remember to visit any of the major sites for the Matt Romero Band, and both studio EPs are available and on sale now at all major online outlets!!

Let the journey begin anew,
Matt Romero Band

'Green Light' is a-Red Light...

in other words, the new full-length album 'Green Light' has been officially canceled in exchange for recruiting musicians to form a new band line-up and perform live. The decision has been made today as recording the new CD was going to take quite some time and become counter-productive.

With the recent release of 'Act 2' EP there was no reason to release yet another CD trying to match the studio caliber of the first 2 EPs on sale now not to mention the dozen or so self-produced albums available on Last.FM...Yes I just realized this now even though everyone has been telling me to just perform live.

SO...the musician search begins today, if you are a local Boston-musician looking to perform original pop-jazz-acoustic songs contact me at http://www.myspace.com/mattromeroband

See you soon,
Matt Romero

In loving memory...

In the memory and legacy of the original Us Versus Them line-up, I've decided to restore all the websites (Last.FM, iLike, Purevolume even Facebook etc.) and re-post the original Us Versus Them online along with their debut 'After The Drama' soon to be released for purchase off i-Tunes, Amazon etc!!

The band is inactive but I hope you all will enjoy once again the original trio and the great tunes from 2006's magical 'After The Drama' LP

Add us on Myspace!! more links below as well! http://www.myspace.com/uvtlegacy

MORE LINKS:

http://www.purevolume.com/usversusthem

http://www.thesixtyone.com/usversusthem

http://www.last.fm/music/Us+Versus+Them

http://www.ilike.com/artist/Us+Versus+Them

Us Versus Them formed in 2005 and released their debut album After The Drama in 2006. Playing several shows around the Boston area, the trio disbanded that same year with their last show played at the Abbey Lounge on Halloween.

Each member has gone on with their own projects. Jon Ulman now plays for Common Thrill and Pawnshop Diamonds, John Malzone plays in the metal band Dead Light Inside, and Matt Romero has gone on to do a solo career.

For more info on the original Us Versus Them drop us a message and please be sure to check out their debut album available on i-Tunes, Amazon and more!! -Thank you.

Foreword...and a much deserved 'Thank You'

Well my dear friends, to those few on Facebook, to my old Myspace buddies who still remember me, to my loyal Purevolume fans who stuck around, and beyond...I write this letter dubbed 'Foreword' with much care and thought to you all:

I think everyone falls down at one point, I fell and for some reason I stayed in a state of neutral indifference for several months, sitting on the couch watching tv, playing video games all day, I haven't picked up my guitar in 2 years.

Well, I finally snapped out of my cold snap after all this time and just in time I might add. It was very simple: I got up, picked up my acoustic and started playing music again, my music, my songs, and I have quite a few songs to choose from.

Oh and thanks to someone who perhaps saved me from unthinkably quitting this dream came along and produced a wonderful lil studio 4-song album. Mr. Matt Russell to the rescue and he did a damn fine job, exceeding all expectations surpassing the first EP we did back in 2005 and I can't wait to show it to you all. Before you all hear it however I have one more thing to say...

I'm getting back out there, with or without friends to assist at shows, I'm taking my trusty Larrivee acoustic and I'm going to play every single possible show I can, every coffee shop, even open mics, everything. I'll go back old school, grinding it out playing for anyone and anything. With a rather impressive EP about to be released online and on sale, it's time to play for Boston, Western Mass and New York first, to go back and make believe it's 1999 all over again. I've already started so stay tuned for shows and events and finally...

While I await for the right time to release Act II: How The West Was Won to the world, I want to thank a couple of very important people:

First off thank you to you all reading this, it means a lot your support and you'd be surprised by how much a simple moment of your time is worth I'll make it worth your while I promise.

I can't really put to words how much producer Matt Russell has helped me, how much time he's put into my music and for not nearly enough compensation. The first EP we did was great, this one is magical. He made it happen and I never had anyone else in the 10 years of trying to get into the music industry having someone believe in me as much as he did.

Thank you to the amazing Mike Piehl for some out of this world drumming on the new record, he couldn't have interpreted the songs any better. Thank you to Dave Siegel and Ryan Secor from Hero Next Door, those guys blew me away and you'll soon hear how great the guitars and bass sound, they also improved upon the music and the time they lent I cannot thank them enough. Aaron Shadwell played some very cool guitar on the track Guest of Honor and improved upon my original tune considerably. Chris Alberto photoshop expert and guru brought the vision graphically and the album cover...well if you haven't seen the final version you will soon and it's inspirational and perfect.

There are several others whom I owe much gratitude to, but let me reserve that for another time and place. This letter didn't exactly come out the way I wanted it to, it never does I guess but I wanted to let you all know I'm excited again to play music for you all and I'm excited to show you the new studio disc and it's all coming together NOW...right this very moment is the time to make things happen not a moment too soon that I get back on the trail because in the end all I need are my friends and my Larrivee...just as soon as I take it to get repaired this week ;)

See you all soon, and stay tuned!
Matt Romero

...because this is how the west was won.

Sooner or later...

You know...every now and then something comes along that inspires you, re-energizes you, and fills you with light once again. I was watching N.E.R.D.'s beautiful video of 'Sooner or later' and it really touched upon some sort of beautiful and perhaps tragic truth for some and all.

I'm guilty of this too, but it feels like it's every man for himself out there...get rich quick, and if the person next to you falls down, well then... better them than you.

I see it everyday...in the office, at work, I see it with my dad, who works so hard yet someone comes along to take credit, I feel it at work too on a much lesser extent since I am by no means as hard of a worker as he is.

The honest make an honest buck and carry the not-so-honest's burden.

But now with the economy crashing, banks, car makers and practically every other corporation asking for a buck, makes you wonder?

Sure they (the banks etc.) will get it (the bailout), but they lost the game, even if they get it all back and never learn, they fell...nothing can change the fact, that they fell and they relied on us to save them, they could never make it alone.

But with nothing left, we can make it, we don't need a bail-out, we never needed it and after the dust settles, and while some may consider this time the worst in a long while...I don't see it that way...I see it as the most beautiful catastrophe that we desperately needed. life got too easy, too distant...I hope we all get a little closer, in person and spirit

So while we see the big wigs scrambling to save face, I'll stand here thinking what I can do to inspire the next person, and I'll be looking for the strength and inspiration in others and friends like you.

Kinda cool in a sick ironic funny way...it all came crashing down. I love it all. Under a red sky, staring down disaster and evil straight in the face.

-m

Matt's albums 1999-2006 entire catalogue now on Last.FM!!!!!

For the first time ever one site, international music site Last.FM has available every single album FREE for download I've done since 1999...including demos, b-sides and albums that were never released or fully promoted...

You can hear the techno pop album very few heard called 'Once Upon A Distilled Sun' you can listen to the more avant garde albums such as 'A Love Story...'

All in anticipation for the upcoming second studio EP with producer Matt Russell...and now without further ado ...I present...

Matt Romero's complete discography 1999-2006 ...exclusively ONLY at Last.FM:

http://www.last.fm/music/Matt+Romero/+albums

Listen and download 14 albums by Matt Romero

Listen and download 14 albums by Matt Romero

For the first time ever exclusively at Last.FM

http://www.last.fm/music/matt+romero