12.02.09

Here’s A Confession

Hey, whatever happened to Dashboard Confessional?

With a brief streak of mega fame in the early 2000s, Dashboard Confessional and its saccharine tracks dripping of hopeless romance (anyone remember “This Bitter Pill,” off The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most? The one where lead singer Chris Carrabba can be heard crying at the end?) seems to have dropped off the radar these past few years. Though Dashboard rode that second wave of so-called “emo” music hard, with Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst jumping ship exactly at the right time, they faded into sonic oblivion some time soon after 2003—but that was after first hitting it huge with the MTV crowd.

But in February, Carrabba released a special acoustic version of a brand new song, “Even Now,” piquing some interest from people still listening. Though the new material off sixth studio album released just this month, the aptly titled After the Ending, has slightly less teenage angst and more commercial potential, who knows whether or not Dashboard can survive this reemergence. Here’s a hint though: No more live crying.

Dashboard Confessional and New Found Glory at the Glass House, 200 W. 2nd St., Pomona, 909.865.3802, theglasshouse.us. All ages.