They were singing every word before he even knew what this thing was. It was supposed to be one month, one tour, clear his head and move on. Instead, it kept going, and suddenly Chris Carrabba realized #DashboardConfessional wasn’t a side project anymore.
That early run turned into 20+ years, which he was marking with the collection The Best Ones of the Best Ones. He told me he wasn’t chasing a scene or reacting to anything around him, he just needed a place for that “bare honesty” he couldn’t fit anywhere else. Some of those lines still hit, some feel like a guy having a bad day that got permanently documented, but he stuck with the instinct anyway. And somewhere along the way, kids on SoundCloud started pointing back to him, which wasn’t part of the plan either.
Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba on 20 Years of Emo, SoundCloud Rap, and Still Playing Without a Setlist
