Audio CD review:
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most

Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most

Band: Dashboard Confessional Title: The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most Rating: Release Date: 20 March, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The Brilliant Dance 2: Screaming Infidelities 3: The Best Deceptions 4: This Ruined Puzzle 5: Saints And Sailors 6: The Good Fight 7: Standard Lines 8: Again I Go Unnoticed 9: The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most 10: This Bitter Pill

Editoral Review With just an acoustic guitar and some choice words, the Ben Folds sound-alike turns the concept of the love song on its head with The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most's torrent of poetic abuse aimed at girls who've taken advantage of his good nature. Of all the downtrodden intellectuals turning skate-punk into emo, Dashboard Confessional's Christopher Carrabba is by far the most bruised. From "Saints and Sailors" ("This apartment is starving for an argument / Anything at all to break the silence") to "The Good Fight" ("I claimed you as my only hope and watched the floor as you retreated") to "Screaming Infidelities" ("So kiss me hard because this will be the last time I let you"), Carrabba is unapologetically bitter. Yet while his love life may be a tragic mess, the pure cathartic joy he derives from putting the ladies in question back in their place--evident from his venomous acoustic attacks--is unmistakable, infectious, and fantastically liberating. Wallowing in self-pity has seldom been so much fun. --Dan Gennoe .. You can see a complete list of all Dashboard Confessional discography, or go back to the Dashboard Confessional tabs