Talk Is Cheap is Dave Melillo

Dave Melillo

David Andrew Melillo is a Drive-Thru Records recording singer/songwriter as well as the former bassist for pop rock band Cute Is What We Aim For...

's debut EP

Extended play

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. It was released on April 18, 2006 as a free digital download

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 from mtvU

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, and on June 13, 2006 as a CD from Drive-Thru Records

Drive-Thru Records

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. The mtvU offer featured only the first five songs and expired 30 days after the release date. It was the third of Drive-Thru Records' releases to be released in this fashion — first as a free download, then on CD — after Jenoah

Jenoah

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's Morning Is When Jenoah Wakes Up (2004) and Hellogoodbye

Hellogoodbye

Hellogoodbye is a power pop band that was formed in Huntington Beach, California in 2001 by singer Forrest Kline. They were signed to Drive-Thru Records and released their first full-length album Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! in 2006, in addition to their previously released EP Hellogoodbye...

's Hellogoodbye

Hellogoodbye (EP)

Hellogoodbye is the eponymous debut EP from Hellogoodbye. It was released on August 17, 2004 by Drive-Thru Records. All the vocals and instruments were recorded solely by Forrest Kline, except for the lead vocals on track 4, which were performed by Jesse Kurvink.On March 18, 2004, shortly after the...

(2004).

The EP's title is derived from a line in the song "This Is 2005" ("Oh you're so deep, your taste is chic/But we both know that talk is cheap").

Track listing

(all songs written by Dave Melillo

Dave Melillo

David Andrew Melillo is a Drive-Thru Records recording singer/songwriter as well as the former bassist for pop rock band Cute Is What We Aim For...

)

1. "Sam's Song" – 3:40
2. "Vatican Roulette" – 3:57
3. "Knights of the Island Counter" – 3:01
4. "This is 2005" – 3:35
5. "Morris County Blues" – 3:35
6. "For the Sake of Remembering" – 4:25

Credits

• Dave Hernandez – drums
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• Matt Mandes – bass guitar
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• Dave Melillo
  Dave Melillo
  David Andrew Melillo is a Drive-Thru Records recording singer/songwriter as well as the former bassist for pop rock band Cute Is What We Aim For...
  
   – vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  , piano
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• Chris Moore – cello
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• Clark Spurlock – guitar
• James Wisner – piano, guitar

External links

• Talk Is Cheap lyrics from DaveMelillo.com