"He's a nice guy. His bands come to San Francisco and they play a tiny venue here, after his sets he'll come and have drinks with fans. He just seems like a low-key chill dude. He posted on Instagram that he just become a volunteer firefighter in LA. That's fucking awesome and shows a lot of humility. Based on interviews with Travis, Matt is also bringing a lot of enthusiasm and a performance level that we haven't seen from Tom in years. Matt's playing well, he's singing well...unfortunately Tom hasn't been doing that for awhile. I also really, really like Matt's song writing abilities. I love his solo stuff and I really like Alkaline Trio. He writes interesting lyrics that are backed by fun and fast songs. I can't wait to see what he writes with Travis and Mark. I think he's a great compliment to Mark's writing and sound sensibilities." - Sam Houston