- Release Info



  Artist:      Dashboard Confessional

  Album:       The Shade Of Poison Trees

  Label:       Vagrant Records

  Playtime:    33:34 min

  Genre:       Rock

  URL:

  Rip date:    2007-09-29

  Street date: 2007-10-02

  Size:        52.46 MB

  Type:        Normal

  Quality:     207 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo



- Release Notes



   Dashboard Confessional was started in 1999, as a side project from Chris

   Carrabba's (gay) venture with Florida rock band Further Seems Forever. The

   name Dashboard Confessional is derived from one of his songs, "The Sharp Hint

   of New Tears," which contains the line "On the way home/This car hears my

   confessions." Contrary to popular belief, the name Dashboard Confessional

   refers only to Carrabba, as he originally intended it to be only a solo

   project. Addressing this misunderstanding, he challenged: "What rulebook says

   it has to be called your name if you're one guy?" But Carrabba often brought

   along friends to play live shows with him and in 2002 he decided to make the

   current line-up a permanent one. Jolie Lindholm, formerly of The Rocking

   Horse Winner, also provided background vocals on Chris' debut album The Swiss

   Army Romance.



   The current line-up includes Carrabba (vocals, guitar), John Lefler (guitar),

   Scott Schoenbeck (bass) (formerly in The Promise Ring), and Mike Marsh

   (drums). Both John Lefler and Mike Marsh provide background vocals. Chris'

   friend and guitarist John Ralston and violinist Susan Sherouse often perform

   and record with the group. As of 2006, they have released four EPs and five

   full-length albums, three of which have been certified gold by the RIAA.



   They won the MTV2 award at 2002's MTV Video Music Awards for their song

   "Screaming Infidelities".



   In May of 2005, Dashboard Confessional entered the studio to record their

   fourth album with Daniel Lanois. Lanois has co-produced the albums So (Peter

   Gabriel) and The Joshua Tree (U2), and produced Bob Dylan's Grammy award

   winning album Time Out of Mind (Album of the Year, 1997). "Don't Wait" was

   the first single released from Dashboard Confessional's latest album Dusk and

   Summer, which was released on June 27, 2006. The album's second single was

   "Stolen". Following the release of Dusk and Summer, Dashboard Confessional

   went on a summer tour of the U.S. with special guests Say Anything and Ben

   Lee. They followed this with a co-headlining arena tour with alternative rock

   band Brand New.



   Dashboard Confessional performed at the Brick Awards on April 12, 2007 as a

   featured musical guest, in addition to playing the final show of the mtvU

   Campus Invasion Tour 2007 at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia on April 29,

   2007.



   The band was featured on PBS' acclaimed music series Soundstage, with a

   performance taped at New York's Madison Square Garden debuting on the network

   July 12, 2007. The broadcast, repeated nationally over subsequent weeks,

   included "Don? Wait," "Stolen," and "Screaming Infidelities".



   Dashboard Confessional's Official website announced a fall 2007 North

   American solo tour with special guests Augustana and John Ralston.



   Dashboard Confessional announced they will be releasing their fifth studio

   album on October 2nd called The Shade of Poison Trees. Currently on their

   MySpace, they have posted the entire new album The Shade of Poison Trees for

   streaming.



   During an interview with Billboard, posted on September 11, 2007, Carrabba

   stated that he is 14 tracks into what would be the sixth studio album. He is

   also unsure about when it would be recorded, but plans to have 30 tracks to

   draw from. It may be a concept album: "only with the last three has it

   become, like, 'All right, these have a continuity and there's something going

   on,' so I'm excited to see where that leads." he also stated that the album

   would not be released for sometime since he has an obligation to promote The

   Shade of Poison Trees.



- Track List



  01. Where There's Gold...                                             ( 2:29)

  02. Thick As Thieves                                                  ( 2:19)

  03. Keep Watch For The Mines                                          ( 2:45)

  04. These Bones                                                       ( 2:59)

  05. Fever Dreams                                                      ( 2:29)

  06. The Shade Of Poison Trees                                         ( 2:58)

  07. The Rush                                                          ( 3:51)

  08. Little Bombs                                                      ( 2:32)

  09. I Light My Own Fires Now                                          ( 2:53)

  10. Matters Of Blood And Connection                                   ( 2:23)

  11. Clean Breaks                                                      ( 2:58)

  12. The Widows Peak                                                   ( 2:58)