The Young Veins Take A Vacation, Possibly in a Souped-Up Delorean

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Posted on June 8, 2010 by TJ

The split between Panic! at the Disco’s Ryan Ross and John Walker & Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith (the latter two of whom stayed in the band…holy conjunctions, Batman) was hardly surprising to anyone who heard the band’s divisive second album Pretty, Odd. While this blogger knows plenty of folks who enjoyed that album, the rift amongst bandmates made it clear that Panic at the Disco never planned on paying homage to The Beatles. But when Ross and Walker formed The Young Veins just weeks after word of their departure from Panic! (who was now reunited with their estranged exclamation point), fans of Pretty, Odd. were largely pleased to hear that this new band would indeed embrace a retro flavor. On their debut album Take A Vacation! The Young Veins craft a love letter to the surf-rock bands of decades past. But while their understanding and nostalgia for the genre is handled well, Ross and Walker don’t have the songwriting skills to make this album much more than novelty.

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The Young Veins interview

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June 8, 2010

Ryan Ross and Jon Walker have joined together to form The Young Veins after both of them quit their former band, Panic at the Disco, in July of last year. Despite the fact that the new band features half of Panic’s old lineup, the music from The Young Veins has an entirely different feel.

Compared to the old days, both Ross and Walker now play lead guitar and sing lead vocals. The pair has become quite a well-oiled, songwriting machine as well. To the lineup, they have added Andy Soukal on bass, Nick White on keyboards, and Nick Murray on drums. You can hear for yourself just how this musical adventure sounds on June 8 when their album, “Take a Vacation!” is finally released. I had a lovely conversation with Jon Walker about why Panic really split up, what it’s like going back to square one, and why he and Ross have never been happier.

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Relax with The Young Veins this summer

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By Julia Kazar

Now that summer has finally come to Akron many people are beginning to make travel plans for the season, The Young Veins are no exception; they want us all to Take a Vacation! and bring their debut album along too. For their first album, The Young Veins seem to be ahead of the game, they sound like they have been playing together for a lifetime.

Just one year ago Ryan Ross and Jon Walker left Panic! at the Disco for creative reasons, not long after they joined forces with Andy Soukal, Nick Murray, and Nick White to form The Young Veins.

Even though 40% of the band is made up of former Panic! at the Disco members, the sound is noticeably different. The Young Veins sound more like the 60’s pop band The Hollies then an emo band. The title track off the album especially shows this. With its upbeat sound and simple melodies, it would fit in with many earlier rock songs. “Cape Town,” a love song about a whirlwind summer romance, is another great song on the album. The lyrics do a good job of putting the listener in the scene, but what really makes it stand out is the guitar playing, it manages to stand out against the lyrics throughout the whole song and shows off just how talented this band really is.

So if you’re looking for a chill album to listen to while you are relaxing this summer, just take The Young Veins advice and Take a Vacation!

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The Young Veins keep it light and nostalgic

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By Eli Boonin-Vail

What Paul Simon is to Vampire Weekend, The Beatles are to The Young Veins. On their debut Take A Vacation! the band serves as a throwback machine that incessantly pumps out song after song of fun and catchy retro-pop in the same — well — vein of the music that made the Fab Four famous in the 60s.

The album as a whole is a reflection of lead man Ryan Ross’ change in pace in the last few years. Ross is best known for his roll in the baroque pop band Panic! At The Disco, but he and fellow member Jon Walker left the band in 2009 because of those “creative differences” artists tend to catch every now and then.

Since then, Ross and Walker moved from Panic!’s city of Las Vegas and settled down in what was once the fertile crescent of laid back ’60s pop, the California coast. Together they formed The Young Veins, and have been touring and recording ever since.

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