The Young Veins

On The Young Veins’ debut album, Take a Vacation!, you will hear an outfit with both intellect and ambition – a band that knows exactly who they are and where they are going. As 23 year old frontman, Ryan Ross, re-imagines 60's pop, tropicalia, old New York girl groups and fuzzed-out psychedelia to Nuggets-era garage rock and Stax-inspired soul, you will hear a band that is mature beyond its years and truly excited by the craft of songwriting– uncovering what came before and anxious to see what’s ahead.

“We want to be good at our craft, whether it’s writing music or playing it live,” says Ross. “Jon and I just feel like a lot of bands have an either/or sort of feel – either they’re really poppy but don’t have a good vibe, or they have good vibe but the songs aren’t great. And we really wanted to avoid that. We feel like we’re trying to be the band that we’re missing right now.”

Ryan Ross spent his formidable years as the primary songwriter, guitarist and singer in Las Vegas’ wildly popular Panic! at the Disco, a band that rode to the top of the charts on dance-floor synths and impressive rock theatrics. However, over the course of two albums, Ross’s songwriting and musicianship began to evolve, mature and outgrow the stylistic bounds of the band. He and Panic! bassist Jon Walker had discovered their talents as a songwriting duo, and made the decision to step out on their own. Armed with new material, Ross and Walker made their departure, moved to Los Angeles, and formed what is now The Young Veins.

With Take a Vacation!, The Young Veins are that band. Recorded mostly live over the course of two short sessions at Castle Oak Studios and Sunset Sound in Los Angeles and produced by Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet) and Rob Mathes (Panic! at the Disco, Carly Simon, Lou Reed) – and featuring guest vocals/instrumentation by fellow Californians Jason Boesel (Rilo Kiley), Danny and Michael Fujikawa (Chief) and Z Berg (The Like), the album is a stunning 29-minutes of deliberate and focused songcraft; concise pop and rock songs that embrace a dreamy California spirit but also epitomize Ross and Walker’s vast sphere of influence, ambition and artistry. “We wanted every song to have a different theme, like a specific subject,” says Ross, who splits songwriting duties with Walker, each helping the other hone and fine-tune initial ideas, finish creative thoughts and explore different stylistic directions. “We wanted them all to be little stories that you can picture in your head.”

From the first chord of album-opener “Change,” the record rocks, careens and rollicks through eleven songs, which grow and thrive amid Greenwald and Mathes’ minimal production. The band’s vital and vibrant in-studio performances, as well as their thoughtful use of impressive vintage gear, like the Wurlitzer, harmonium and Stylophone are lovingly interpreted for contemporary ears. From the breezy, fuzzed out pop of title track “Take a Vacation!” to the Spector-esque swagger of “Cape Town” and the jolting guitar of “Defiance” – to the gauzy, glimmering sheen of “Everyone But You” and the shimmering, “heels-over-head” love of “Lie to the Truth,” The Young Veins are an undeniably distinctive voice in music today, showing a knack for writing a timeless tune with a sweet, effortless delivery.

Take a Vacation! is both rousing and refined, boisterous and sophisticated, hard-hitting and full of heart. The album is a marriage of passion and perfectionism and through all of their songs ribbons a delight in melody. Take a Vacation! illustrates all that is special about Ross and Walker, gathering all their influences to create something truly exceptional.

TRACKLISTING –
1. Change
2. Take A Vacation!
3. Cape Town
4. Maybe I Will, Maybe I Won’t
5. Young Veins (Die Tonight)
6. Everyone But You
7. The Other Girl
8. Dangerous Blues
9. Defiance
10. Lie To The Truth
11. Heart of Mine
**Plus two exclusive UK tracks on the CD format**

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Hey guys,

I know there's been a lot of stuff posted lately, but I won't have a chance to gather any of it together until Monday at the earliest. I will be able to approve posts, though, if any of you want to make them ;). The most important thing that's happened, I think, is that Maybe I Will is streaming here.

by Leah Greenblatt

In 2005, oddly punctuated Las Vegas emo-pop princes Panic! At the Disco found sudden fame—and scored a multi-platinum debut, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out—while still in their teens; three years later, the Pete Wentz proteges’ ambitious, swirly-psychedelic followup Pretty.Odd. pleased critics, but left many of their young fans flummoxed.

Now, after parting ways with frontman Brendon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith, guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker have reconstituted themselves (with two additional new members) as the Young Veins, whose heavily ’60s-Brit-pop-influenced debut Take a Vacation! arrives June 8. Suffice it to say, someone discovered Dad’s Kinks records. And his Zombies ones too.

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Jason Lipshutz
Fri May 21, 2010 8:39pm EDT

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Ryan Ross may be the singer of a new band on an indie label, but the 23-year-old is hardly a music industry neophyte. The leader of five-piece rock outfit the Young Veins still spends a lot of time fielding questions about his former band, Panic! at the Disco.

"I've talked a good amount about Panic!, but that's because there hadn't been much else going on with us until now," says Ross, whose new group with Panic! guitarist Jon Walker will release its debut album, "Take a Vacation!," June 8 on One Haven Music. "Hopefully once people hear the album and see us perform, those questions will sort of die down."( continue reading )

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Change is featured on SPIN's free MP3 album Spin's Picks for Bonnaroo 2010

iamjonwalker: rumor has it that a weekly entertainment website will be debuting "everyone but you" in the next few days!

thisisryanross: From when I was in the Like: I may (or may not) be in the like again tomorrow as well http://twitpic.com/1pcarp



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Mod note: Sorry things have been a little delayed recently, I've just started a new job and it's fairly time consuming. I've been thinking about having an introductions post; what do you all think?

FORMER PANIC! At The Disco guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker are gearing up to release their debut album with The Young Veins.

Ryan and Jon recorded Take A Vacation! last autumn with the help of Rob Mathes (who produced Panic!'s second album Pretty. Odd) and Phantom Planet frontman Alex Greenwald, before expanding their line-up to include bassist Andy Soukal, keyboard player Nick White and drummer Nick Murray.

"We had almost all the songs finished before we went in to record so I think it allowed it to be a relatively stress-free recording process," Ryan explains. "It was great to have a lot of our friends help us out and play on these songs. It was different in many ways for Jon and I, and it was probably the most challenging, exciting and fun recording I've been part of!"

Ryan is also keen to point out that he and Jon are still good friends with their former Panic! bandmates, frontman Brendon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith.

"We just had different opinions on how we wanted to do things, which unfortunately weren't things which we could change," he says of the split. "I think different musical tastes had a lot to do with it.

"When you've been part of something for so long it can be acrimonious, but Jon and I don't wish any ill will toward those guys," Ryan adds. "We're just happy to be playing music we love."

The album Take A Vacation! will be release on July 5 through One Haven Music.

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Nick Murray: http://znl.me/PS4IDZ Puttin in the hours. Somebody better call animal patrol cause these dogs are killin me

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Nick Murray: These goddamn hiccups won't stop! Well, as long as we edit them out of the recordings were golden

Ryan Ross: I keep trying to talk to this tape machine guy but he keeps looking at me like we don't speak the same language http://twitpic.com/1nwk63

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Andy Soukal: Day 2 http://twitpic.com/1o2o1t

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iamjonwalker: Doing some recording http://yfrog.com/07ezcj



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Young Veins is a fresh beginning in many ways for ex-Panic! At The Disco members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker. But for both rockers it meant not only putting faith in their songs but also in their voices, as neither were the primary singer in their former band. Ross admits that when he started it was rather intimidating. Ross says it's "very interesting" for both him and Walker, explaining, quote "It's like the most intimate and most personal thing you can do is sing in front of a crowd of strangers you don't know." Walker adds, quote, "Once you do it, for me I really feel like it's opened up my mind to a whole different side of music that back before we were writing songs or writing songs [considered] that we would have to sing them live." Young Veins' upcoming album "Take A Vacation," arriving June 8th, not only showcases Ross and Walker's individual vocal talents, but also showcases the group's abilities with harmony.

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May 12, 2010
Story by: Amelia Trask


California-based five-piece the Young Veins is gearing up for the release of itss debut full-length, Take A Vacation!, which will be out officially June 8 via One Haven Music. But if you can't wait that long to get a taste of its dreamy beach-pop, the album's lead single, "Change," is now available for download on the band's website.

The Young Veins is a songwriting project born from Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, formally of Panic! At The Disco, when the duo realized their sonic aesthetics were growing outside the bounds of their original band. Now the guys work as a songwriting team. "Sometimes Jon will have an idea started and he'll bring it to me and we'll finish it together or vice versa," frontman Ryan Ross tells CMJ of their writing process. "Other times we'll both pick up the guitar and start from nothing and write it all together. Usually when we do it this way it either comes together quickly or not at all. But in my opinion, when we are able to do it like that those are the best [songs]."

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