Something New, AOTW

Album of the week:
Dashboard Confessional - A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar

I decided to to make a weekly post for an album of the week. This way I can pre write posts for weeks ahead. The album must be somewhat relevant as for some reason I listened/listen to it.

For in initial week, I chose Dashboard Confessional's A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar. Released in 2003, the album is an emotional diary of love, life, and longing.

So in 2003 what was I doing? I found this album after I graduated from hs. I did like it at first? I remember not. I thought of it as the whining of a white college student with an acoustic guitar having way too much time on his hands.

Months later after the initial listening, I went back to it. Paying close attention to the lyrics I realized that what they were singing could be a representation of things I want to say but do not.

So it the actual album of good to listen to? I don't really pay that to the album. The only song I can list from the album is 'Hands Down', the first track off the album which is a good song, I do enjoy it. But after the first track ends I find myself zoning out and thinking of things and scenario through my life. Most of it sounds like the same song, whines from a frustrated young adult set to acoustic rhythm.

It is safe to say that this is most likely their best album. Not that their later albums are terrible, but they do not have that emotional delivery as 'A mark...' You can only be down for so long until you either kill yourself, or pick yourself back up.