Panic At The Disco is the new generation's My Chemical Romance

Better than pretty.odd? I'll give it a listen

i’m prob just excited

I did like "Viva Las Vengeance" - p good Queen pastiche. Maybe I'll check this out.

both pretty. odd and this are power-pop records but whereas the former retained the sprawling '60s psychedelia that kind of got lost in the '70s and '80s, viva las vengeance embodies the latter decades' clarification of power-pop until it was as sharp as a blade's reflection in a coke mirror. one song ("sad clown") sounds like the elo discog accordioned into 3-4 minutes. there's also a lot of queenish orchestral/musical theater-ass excess that kind of takes over the second half of the record. i adore it ofc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmLpovsTQ_w

^^^ that song is a kaleidoscope but this one is prob instantly my favorite panic song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHiyNQNtDAA

internet majorly hates this record but ohhhh i still love it sooooo much

if i didn't give up making year-end lists this would be my album of the year, probably for the best bc that's very embarrassing