Altsounds - Panic at The Disco

Pretty Odd indeed how a very original and fresh band can release a sophomore album that is as stale as three month old bread.

For a band that pricked up many ears and basically received massive fame, fortune and a slew of fans off the back of their debut effort (which I am personally a big fan of) it is very strange to see the direction of their current release.

The first single "9 In The Afternoon" still hankers back to the Panic at the Disco that all the fans grew to know and love and after listening to the whole album it is easy to see why they chose this song as the first single. The rest of the album sounds like the Panic boys holed themselves up in a room somewhere with nothing but "Sgt.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club" band on repeat, replacing the LSD that was used to inspire the afforementioned album with green tea or some other non mind altering boring alternative. Also lacking from the aforementioned comparison album is the skill, songwriting, integrity and originality.

Whenever someone tries to copy what I class as the best band that have existed so far to date I find it very hard to listen to. Unless of course they are using that influence and making something new and better from it. Panic at the Disco it seems have not interjected anything new to the equation and appear to have lost their entire identity in this album. Hopefully they will read one of the many terrible reviews of this album and put this release down as a mistake and get their band back on track by forging their own personal identity and direction again.

Peaked too soon? I would say so. However, surely you can't release such a great debut and not have the ability to follow up with another good album? I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do with the next album - that is if they don't get dropped by their label off the back of this release.