The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most is the second studio album by American rock band Dashboard Confessional, released on March 20, 2001, through Vagrant Records.

Dashboard Confessional started as an acoustic side project for vocalist/guitarist Chris Carrabba while he was fronting Further Seems Forever.

[2] The project's first album The Swiss Army Romance was released in early 2000 through local independent label Fiddler Records.

She pressed her boss Rich Egan to listen to The Swiss Army Romance, and when he did, exclaimed it was the "most refreshing indie rock I'd heard in forever".

[7] Soon afterwards, Drive-Thru ceased supplying the release to distributors, which in turn made it unavailable in brick and mortar stores.

He flew to Florida, met his brother at the airport with his guitar, and went to James Paul Wisner's apartment.

[8] "Screaming Infidelities" and "Again I Go Unnoticed" were re-recorded from their original appearance on the band's first album The Swiss Army Romance.

[15] Following this, Carrabba attempted to make the band's touring line-up official members; however, touring guitarist Mike Stroud left, and was replaced by Sunny Day Real Estate guitarist Dan Hoerner, and Bonebrake declined the offer, focusing his efforts on Seville.

[18] They closed the year with a six-week long headlining tour[19] from late October to early December.

[20] A music video was filmed for "Screaming Infidelities" in early January 2002 with directors Maureen Egan and Matthew Barry.

[26] In the same month, the band appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly, and toured the north eastern US states with Seville.

"[53] This resulted in Carrabba becoming "the poster boy for the emo resurgence of the early 2000s" and the album "defin[ing] an entire movement.