Dashboard Confessional

Chris Carrabba, front man of alt-emo outfit Dashboard Confessional, will return to his hometown of Boca Raton to perform at Mizner Park Amphitheater September 27. A graduate of Boca Raton High School, Carrabba formed Dashboard Confessional in Palm Beach County more than 15 years ago, garnering widespread fame and recognition in 2003 with A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar. In February, the group released its seventh studio album, Crooked Shadows, following an eight-year recording hiatus. The opening track, entitled “We Fight,” was inspired by the Florida music scene of Carrabba’s youth, but took on new meaning for Carrabba and the band in light of the current political climate. The song’s pulsating kinetic energy and motivational lyrics establish the album’s theme of balancing hope with anger, a message that will sound immediately familiar to diehard Dashboard Confessional fans the world over.