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In 2008, Panic at the Disco put out a record called Pretty. Odd. The band up to that point had been plying a particularly unctuous brand of emo (their debut, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, despite being a commercial juggernaut, was self-involved and off-putting). But Pretty. Odd was another matter altogether: the band had mostly jettisoned the self-pitying caterwauling that plagued their debut in favor of bright songwriting that recalled, at its best moments, the Kinks and early Beatles. For real.

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Ex-Panic! at the Disco Pals Mine the Sixties for Young Veins Debut

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By Erica Futterman
May 06, 2010 7:24 PM EDT

Last July, emo-pop sensations Panic! at the Disco announced they were splitting up over creative differences. But some of the bandmates were clearly still seeing eye to eye: While working on Panic!'s 2008 release Pretty. Odd., guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker formed such a strong songwriting partnership, they decided to soldier on with a new project dubbed the Young Veins. "Ever since Pretty. Odd., we've been writing songs together, so it's been a gradual thing," Ross tells Roling Stone. "Once we knew we were going to be doing this ourselves, it freed us up to do exactly what we wanted."

With their debut Take a Vacation! (out June 8th), Ross and Walker delve deeper into the '60s pop influences they experimented with on the slickly produced Pretty. Odd. But the resulting disc is far more raw than fans might expect — and that's a good thing. Over 11 tracks clocking in at 29 minutes, Ross and Walker deliver loose, garage-rock gems that come off sounding like a dusty 45 you'd find at a garage sale. Tracks like "Change" (check out the live clip from an Atlanta show above) feature bright harmonies that call to mind the Beatles' "She Said, She Said" while "Young Veins (Die Tonight)" feature chiming, Byrds-inspired guitar riffs.

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