Dashboard Confessional Strips Down For Year-End Outing

Two members of Dashboard Confessional will offer a stripped-down version of the band's sound on the road this fall in support of its just-released new studio album, "After The Ending."

The group's Chris Carrabba and John Lefler will leave their electric guitars at home for the acoustic trek, which kicks off November 30 in West Hollywood, CA. The outing, which concludes December 15 in Orlando, FL, will feature opening support from New Found Glory, who will also go acoustic for the road trip.

"After The Ending," Dashboard Confessional's sixth studio album, hit stores earlier this week. The set, produced by Butch Walker (Weezer, Fall Out Boy), is the band's follow-up to 2007's "The Shade Of Poison Trees," which peaked at No. 18 on The Billboard 200.

Carrabba told Billboard.com in October that he was having trouble deciding whether the album should be a full-band electric project or a stripped-down acoustic affair, so he chose both options; the default version of the album includes electric versions of the material, while a deluxe version includes a second disc with acoustic versions of the same tracks.

"I can even point to one track, and I won't tell you which it is, that was my least favorite track once completed on the full-band version of 'Alter the Ending,' even though other people love it," Carrabba told Billboard. "And the acoustic version has become my favorite song on the record."

The entire album can currently be heard streaming at the band's MySpace page.

Thanks for the report to Livedaily.com.