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DON’T PANIC (but really, do.)
By Joey | March 28, 2008
In music news, Panic At the Disco (the officially dropped the silly “!” from their name) finally released their follow-up album to 2005’s “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” entitled “Welcome To The Sound Of Pretty.Odd.” I started writing this blog on March 25th, but I wanted to give it a few more days for it to all sink in. I’m not special, so I don’t get advanced copies of albums to listen to.
Like the Killers did in 2006, Panics’ attempt to enter the way-back machine to capture musical ditties that we can proudly (rebelliously?) pay homage to the music of our parents when they were young may just pay off. The Killers used Bruce Springsteen as their inspiration, Panic wants to mix a little Vegas with the Beatles. I’m not a chemist, but that sounds dangerous. It’s worth mentioning, though it’s not my original thought, this is Panic’s Sgt. Peppers - from the horns and strings recorded at Abbey Road, to the mid-song tempo changes and even a tune with some country twang. They’ve also given the song titles more thought this time around, abandoning the standard non-sequiturs that peppered 2005’s Fever.
In short, I’m really digging the album. It took a few listens, but the gems are starting to shine, and it may separate those who were looking for another fever to sweat out, but in my opinion, they’re going in a different direction. And I’ll gladly see where the (Abbey) road takes us!
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March 28th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Um…excuse me but I would like the time I wasted clicking stop on iTunes back please. Maybe next time they can dig up John and George’s corpses and force Paul and Ringo to sodomize them because THAT would be the only better way to defile the Beatles.
I love it!