Singer/songwriter Christopher Carrabba ha been writing the soundtrack to emotional teens’ lives since the early 2000s. His vulnerable, introspective solo musings aided by an acoustic guitar and soul-baring song lyrics, go by the moniker Dashboard Confessional — named after a lyric in Carrabba’s song “The Sharp Hint of New Tears” — and began releasing material in 2000. By 2001’s ‘The Place You Have Come to Fear the Most’, Dashboard Confessional had evolved into a fully-fledged band, but Carrabba remained the focal point of the act.
