So Impossible by Dashboard Confessional
So Impossible is an EP by Dashboard Confessional, released in 2001. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 28 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Hands Down”, on 28 lists with a best position of #6.
So Impossible, a Dashboard Confessional EP that Vagrant put out on December 18, 2001, belongs to the stretch when the name still really meant Chris Carrabba alone. He'd quit Further Seems Forever before their debut even came out, cut The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most under the Dashboard banner, and followed it straight away with this short set, before other musicians joined him the next year. The name itself was drawn from one of his own songs, "The Sharp Hint of New Tears", off The Swiss Army Romance.
It's emo at its barest: an acoustic guitar strummed hard, a voice that breaks on purpose, and lyrics that read like pages torn out of a diary. "Hands Down" is the one the countdowns held on to, a giddy, heart-in-throat singalong that sounds like the best night of somebody's life. Summer's Kiss came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from So Impossible on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hands Down | 28 | #6 | – | 2003–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.