Given the radical image changes that Panic! At The Disco has undergone in the past year, it’s hard not to read the lyrics to its new album’s opening song as a pre-emptive strike against critics. “Oh, how it’s been so long/we’re so sorry we’ve been gone/we were busy writing songs/for you,” bassist Jon Walker sings, by way of apology for the two-and-a-half-year lag between 2005’s “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” and the new “Pretty. Odd.,” due March 25 via Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic. Then, he launches into lines meant to comfort fans who have no doubt noticed that their favorite… Read more »
The members of Las Vegas rock band Panic! At The Disco are relying less on computer software and more on their musical abilities for their next album. The as-yet-untitled release, due in stores March 25, will be the follow-up to their 2005 debut “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out,” which has sold 1.7 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. “We just wanted the record to sound like four people playing a song,” Panic! guitarist/lyricist Ryan Ross tells Billboard.com. “A lot of the songs are definitely more geared toward playing live; we didn’t think about that on… Read more »