226: Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Chris Carrabba's gift for melodic hooks and his sincere, vulnerable lyrical approach won him a devoted and durable fan base. He tells Joe about: growing up in a "wealth adjacent" environment; sleeping in Washington Square Park; how his music was informed by skateboarding; almost committing to a career as a teacher; leaving a band comprised of lifelong friends to develop his own creative voice; how an early backlash to his music affected him personally; and what he's done to evolve as an artist twenty years into his career.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, trap-set listeners.
0:02.4	Just a quick reminder that there are still some tickets available for my show on November 21st at Hollywood Forever's Masonic Lodge.
0:11.8	I'll be playing the songs off of my new album with the band including Mary Timony, Mary Latimore,
0:17.8	Cresanta Baker, Chad Moulter, and the great Matt Cameron on drums.
0:22.9	And a chamber orchestra.
0:25.0	Tickets are available on my website, joe wong.org, and I hope to see you there.
0:30.4	I wanted it to be like an invitation, a feeling of inclusion.
0:48.3	Wow! a feeling of inclusion. This is Joe Wong.
0:50.3	Welcome to the Trap Set.
0:53.1	I want to play something for you.
1:02.7	Come on home and let yourself heal.
1:07.4	You could sleep for a thousand years.
1:12.7	And I won't let you disappear.
1:16.8	Let your heart beat here.
1:23.3	You're hearing Heartbeat Here by Dashboard Confessional,
1:29.9	a band led by today's guest, Chris Caraba.
1:33.2	Chris formed dashboard in 1999,
1:36.4	with songs projected by his then primary band,
1:39.5	further seems forever.
1:42.6	Caraba's gift for crafting unforgettable hooks helped Dashboard find an audience early on.
1:48.0	His vulnerable lyrical style, perhaps because of its overt sincerity, made the band a polarizing
1:55.0	force during its early years.
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