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youngveinsStory by Phil Gallo
SoundSpike Contributor
Published June 11, 2010 12:06 PM
Ryan Ross and Jon Walker of Panic! At The Disco become '60s revivalists in the Young Veins, a journey away from the Vegas Strip and onto the Sunset Strip at its swingingest -- as they used to say when "boss" and "groovy" were key in the teen lexicon.
You have to half wonder how they arrived at this sound. It's more inspired by one-hit wonders and lesser-fabled sounds from the Beatles ouevre -- more Association than the Beach Boys in the vocal style, more "Muswell Hillbillies" than "Lola" in distilling the influence of the Kinks. Did they find a box of 45s in the basement of their mother's older sister? Quite possibly, as this music is not the '60s sound promoted by oldies radio.
On the album "I Need a Vacation" and at their record release performance Wednesday (6/9), it's all delivered clean and cute, a reinterpretation semi-psychedelic pop that can appeal to emo girls and their parents as well. Like the music of the era, the lyrics concern love from the angles of devotion and deception, the vocal delivery earnest and dry.
The big beats of Phil Spector records, "Help"-era Beatles and the more pop-oriented acts on "Nuggets" dominate the Young Veins' sound; it's not all that different than five guys gathering in a garage in 1967 imaging Boyce & Hart writing for the Byrds and hoping for the opening slot on the next tours by the Monkees or Hollies. Ultimately, it's a positive and bubbly spin on a playful era in rock music's history and not a tribute to a tribute to the era -- a danger when one leaps a generation for inspiration; these guys sound nothing like the Wonders or other members of the Playtone Galaxy of Stars.
Their 40-minute show at Origami Vinyl in L.A.'s Echo Park neighborhood had a novel plan: a free concert ticket was given to anyone who pre-ordered a copy of the new album. A warm-up for Bonnaroo and a tour with Rooney, they also look the part for this step back in time, armed with Rickenbacker and Fender guitars, a Hofner Beatle bass and a simple logo in black writing on the bass drum.
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SoundSpike Contributor
Published June 11, 2010 12:06 PM
Ryan Ross and Jon Walker of Panic! At The Disco become '60s revivalists in the Young Veins, a journey away from the Vegas Strip and onto the Sunset Strip at its swingingest -- as they used to say when "boss" and "groovy" were key in the teen lexicon.
You have to half wonder how they arrived at this sound. It's more inspired by one-hit wonders and lesser-fabled sounds from the Beatles ouevre -- more Association than the Beach Boys in the vocal style, more "Muswell Hillbillies" than "Lola" in distilling the influence of the Kinks. Did they find a box of 45s in the basement of their mother's older sister? Quite possibly, as this music is not the '60s sound promoted by oldies radio.
On the album "I Need a Vacation" and at their record release performance Wednesday (6/9), it's all delivered clean and cute, a reinterpretation semi-psychedelic pop that can appeal to emo girls and their parents as well. Like the music of the era, the lyrics concern love from the angles of devotion and deception, the vocal delivery earnest and dry.
The big beats of Phil Spector records, "Help"-era Beatles and the more pop-oriented acts on "Nuggets" dominate the Young Veins' sound; it's not all that different than five guys gathering in a garage in 1967 imaging Boyce & Hart writing for the Byrds and hoping for the opening slot on the next tours by the Monkees or Hollies. Ultimately, it's a positive and bubbly spin on a playful era in rock music's history and not a tribute to a tribute to the era -- a danger when one leaps a generation for inspiration; these guys sound nothing like the Wonders or other members of the Playtone Galaxy of Stars.
Their 40-minute show at Origami Vinyl in L.A.'s Echo Park neighborhood had a novel plan: a free concert ticket was given to anyone who pre-ordered a copy of the new album. A warm-up for Bonnaroo and a tour with Rooney, they also look the part for this step back in time, armed with Rickenbacker and Fender guitars, a Hofner Beatle bass and a simple logo in black writing on the bass drum.
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