Here’s a nice little blurb from The News Journal at DelawareOnline.com.

Nice!

It’s kind of funny how bands that are labeled “emo” by critics and music writers refuse to use the label themselves, almost as if it’s an insult.

And, in a way, it is. Like all bands smacked with this sticker, which is short for “emotional,” Dashboard Confessional takes a serious beatdown from fans of more “pure” rock. In fact, on a bad day, we might also take Chris Carrabba and his crew out to the woodshed for an insult-laced lashing.

But why? Because Dashboard Confessional is huge with the kids and sells zillions of albums? Because Carrabba is a good-looking guy who makes chicks melt? Because their music is well-played, well-produced and, while a little too whiny and over-dramatic, fairly well-written?

How many people who slam Dashboard Confessional have actually heard the band’s songs, including some of the pleasing tracks on the recent “Dusk and Summer”?

As Roger Daltry once said, the kids are all right, and, well, so is Dashboard Confessional.

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