365 project "in the damp air, this car hears my confessions. i think tonight ill take the long way home."

136.

artist:dashboard confessional
album:summer's kiss EP

i was in love with the first two full length dashboard albums, as well as the so impossible EP, so i figured another EP, especially of songs i already knew i liked, was a sure-fire hit.

i was wrong.

you see, what i loved about dashboard at that time was the acoustic sound. i am and have always been a sucker for anything acoustic, so this new brand of emo that was rolling out was absolutely right up my alley. lyrically, i really dug his stuff, and a boy and his guitar make my heart swoon every single time.

but when that boy takes his guitar songs and goes back into the studio and returns with full-band versions, it doesn't always make me a very happy camper. in this case, it definitely didn't. i listened once or twice, decided i hated this crap, and stuck it on a shelf. some part of me in the back of my head must have known that there was a part of me that would like it eventually, though, because it survived several shelf-purges.

i listened to it again today, and  you know something? its not so bad. i mean, its not my new favorite by any means, but its better than i remember it being. i had a good time singing along and bobbing my head to the drum beats. i guess its a good thing i kept it around.

and i have to say something totally unrelated to that story. i just right now listened to the dashboard confessional daytrotter session, and Chris covered archers of loaf's "web in front" and his voice sounded froggy and the cover really, really sucked. wow, that was terrible. that's depressing.