The Buildup

In June 2015, while on tour with Third Eye Blind, Dashboard Confessional mastermind Chris Carrabba sat down with Entertainment Weekly to promise new DC music, essentially ending the indefinate hiatus he embarked on in 2010. He told the publication:

"It really feels like we’re eager to write, which means there’s probably a new record coming out. Who am I kidding? There’s a new record coming. [This tour has led us to say, ‘All we want to do is tour.’ The next stop comes [new music]...“I need it like I need chocolate and beer. Like I need love and a skateboard and…I just need it.”

The question became when and what will it sound like, Carrabba was eager to add that it's all the delicious emo stuff we crave:

“We will sound like what we sound like. With every record we like to take a step forward. We just make a step forward. You make a record off what you learn on the last tour. I imagine I’ll probably start writing any minute now. I don’t know when it starts to sound like, ‘This is what we want it to sound like.’ For a 12-song record it can be as short as 10 days, or as long as three months, or as long as two years.”

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