Panic strikes again, which is Pretty. Odd.
Jenna Duffy
Editor
Panic At The Disco (Panic) has released their sophomore album and are back on the charts after a long stint in the studio. The new CD starts with a quaint little intro track, "We're So Starving," that apologizes for the three year recording session. "Oh how it's been so long. We're so sorry we've been gone/ We were busy writing songs for you/ You don't have to worry, because we're still same band." Some of this may be true, but the one thing's for sure: they are not the same band. The differences between their freshman release, "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out," and their March 22 release "Pretty. Odd." are monumental. In"Pretty. Odd." Panic attempts to aim their sound towards the 1960's and the Beatles, with random brass solos throughout the album. The group adds in a string quartet that blows you away every time you listen to it. "Nine in the afternoon," the group's first single off the album, reminds you of the Beatles classic "Eleanor Rigby." Ashley Leavitt, a Glendale Community College (GCC) student said, "I like it. It's kind of different from the other one (A Fever You Can't Sweat Out), but in a good way." The track "The Piano Knows Something I Don't," brings you back to the psychedelic Beatles ballad, "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." The band even named a track "Folkin' Around" in an attempt to remind us that they are still the same off-the-wall group of musicians we know and love. You know, the guys that title their songs with complete sentences such as "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage" or "There's A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet" If this band keeps being as creative with their songs as much as they are with their song titles, they will go far in this business we call music and hey, maybe even be right up there with John, Paul, Ringo, and George.
