I'm watching Larry King (not so) Live and Stephen Colbert just jokingly said he was a historical figure and I wonder... will people remember him ten years from now? Five years?
Not that I'm saying anything bad about Stephen Colbert because I think his show is hilarious, but I'm saying something about the nature of time passing.
Can you remember five years ago? Do people on television matter more than politicians? What will pop culture bring us in five years?
When I was fifteen, I discovered a band called Dashboard Confessional. And for the past six years, I've had quite a love-hate relationship with their (and by their, I really mean his, as in Chris Carrabba) music. Even though I doubt I'd admit it in person, D/C's MTV Unplugged is definitely one of my favorite albums. Most of Dashboard's work reminds me of high school--not because I've ever had any of those type of moments, but I did listen to their music consistently throughout my highschool years and I continue to listen to them in college, even though I was completely Not. Impressed. with Dusk and Summer or truthfully A Mark A Mission A Brand A Scar as whole albums, but there have been singles since Unplugged I enjoyed. So, history-wise, Dashboard is my high school memory band.
Imagine my surprise when I found out Dashboard released a new album (The Shade of Poison Trees) today that I only found out about yesterday. I've listened to most of it so far and I'm really enjoying it. I think it sounds more hopeful (or maybe it's just because it's more upbeat musically that translate to hopefulness, obvs. a Dashboard album is not hopeful beyond the "hey does she like me" sort of hopeful) than the last two albums and honestly, it reminds me of older Dashboard. I think, despite its hopefulness there is of course the emo-bitterness you expect from a Dashboard album.
You can listen to the album in its entirety on Dashboard's myspace.
I really am enjoying this album, I think I listened to it because of the novelty of "OMG, new Dashboard? You've got to be kidding me!" but it's surpassed my unwillingness to enjoy it because I love it. The first single for the album is called "Thick as Thieves" which is very fast and interesting. The lyrics are good. I think my favorite track is called Where There's Gold... I think it's depressingly beautifully realistic: Where's there's gold, there's a gold digger.
I think I have a new favorite Dashboard album. It really is good, you should check it out, especially if you went through that Dashboard era in high school because it's updated and realistic--I think Carrabba is disillusioned somewhat. Anyways, I would recommend the album to you!
dashboardconfessional.com
myspace
buy The Shade of Poison Trees
