Dashboard Confessional is certainly one of the bigger bands around today in an increasingly fragmented music scene. It also happens to be one of my favorite bands, so I was pretty excited when I picked up their most recent album. And luckily, my loyalty in actually paying for it (and full price at Borders as well) was repaid.
Dashboard doesn’t try to pull any gimmicks on this album, its classic Dashboard all the way, with their own style shinning through. There are no new hits on the scale of “Screaming Infidelities” or “Stolen”, but it is a well-rounded album none the less, with “Thick as Thieves” and “Little Bombs” being fantastic songs and my favorites on this album. But “Matters of Blood and Connections” is just amazing, and the closest in my opinion of reaching classic Dashboard status. It’s a witty critique of a trust-fund baby who is trying to pretend to be from the streets.
Pros:
Classic Dashboard Style
Well-rounded track list
A little bland
Final Rating: 4 Guitar Strings out of 5
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