Dusk And Summer - Dashboard Confessional

Dashboard Confessional is a band that I have only recently come across. I was watching a fan video for I book I'd read on Youtube and one of their songs called "Stolen" was the track used. It fitted the video perfectly and has since stuck in my head, I ordered their c.d Dusk & Summer from Ipoints and received it a few days ago. Dashboard Confessional is an alternative rock band. It wasn't formed the way normal bands are. They started out with just one member, Chris Carrabba who is the lead singer. Now however they are a full band and this is their fourth album. They mainly sing songs of love and broken hearts. I must say that's not the type of ...  Read the complete review

Dusk and Summer was the album that got me hooked on Dashboard Confessional. Since then I have now got 4 of their albums. It took a few plays before I decided to download this album, but I am glad I did. There are some very good tracks on this album, but if you are already a fan of Dashboard Confessional and haven't heard this album then I don't think you would like the change of direction. Skip straight to their next album. Dusk and Summer is aimed for a more mainstream audience, and has a more likeable factor. And it can be seen in the first track. 'Don't Wait' is a great opening track - It just sounds good and managed to chart in the US charts. ...  Read the complete review

Forming in 1999, Dashboard Confessional was originally a basis for Chris Carrabba to release acoustic solo releases as a side project away from his main band of the time, Further Seems Forever. Dashboard Confessional have come a long way since then, with a million selling album under their belts in the form of ‘A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar’, and this album itself having sold over half a million copies in fact since its release in July of 2006. It could quite fairly be argued however that it is the bands first album ‘The Swiss Army Romance’ released back in 2000 which is the album that embodies the true spirit of Dashboard Confessional, and that the band have never ...  Read the complete review