"Screaming Infidelities" by Dashboard Confessional from the album The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2000)

When this record was released in 2000, it was emo’s Dylan-goes-electric moment in reverse. Chris Carrabba had abruptly departed the seminal post-hardcore outfit Further Seems Forever and set off alone into the moody Florida sunset with only his acoustic, a powerfully — and often painfully emotive — warble, and a broken heart. Both maligned by haters and melodramatically beloved by diehards as the most quintessentially “emo” emo track ever, it’s a cuckold’s anthem for anyone who’s ever sat home alone obsessing over what it is she’s up to tonight.

_Luke O’Neil