The Young Veins

Reviewed by: lalaKR@dr1cx (06/10/10)
The Young Veins - Take a Vacation
Record Label: One Haven
Release Date: June 8, 2010

Let's give it up. Some of us need to understand that the time period of the 60's will forever be foreign ground to us and our fucked up little generation. It doesn't matter how many records you blast through that stereo/vinyl player/bar jukebox because you're never going to be able to know the feeling of rushing out of school to pick up your new favorite records at the shacks downtown. Your heroes are dead (probably) and God rest their souls because they are the milestones of many people's beloved collections. Our generation is a cheating one, a cheap hooker of a generation. We get our concert fix through streaming online videos. We all download our albums illegally instead of buying them. We succumb to the torture of the music industry and it's evil propaganda, etc. We could use our hormones as instruments to triumph on and write the most insipid, incendiary battle statements to match our forefathers and their poetics but frankly as of late I could care less about the 60's and you know what? I could care even less about Ryan Ross.

Summer most recently gave me a good sucker punch on the back of my head. In heralding it's arrival (abruptly I might add), I've been blasting old pop punk records that I've been neglecting for quite sometime. Ryan Ross is going to celebrate his summer touring behind this limping hipster of an album: it's packed to the brim with bright melodies, vocal harmonies galore, and the whole nine yards from about everything even remotely resembling the pop music of yesteryear from bands who know their place in history. The band in this case is The Young Veins and the album is tentatively called Take A Vacation which isn't too off putting considering the sunshine contained within.
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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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By: Jo Otero

It was last year that brought the split of Panic! At The Disco. Citing “creative differences” Guitarist/Vocalist Ryan Ross and Bassist Jon Walker decided to part ways with the band. Not too long after, the duo announced plans for a new album under the name, “The Young Veins.” Later joining the two, would be Nick Murray on drums and Andy Soukal on bass (with Walker diverting to lead guitar), and ultimately the inclusion of Nick White, of Bright Eyes fame, on the keyboard.

A year later, The Young Veins have released Take A Vacation!, a 60’s throwback album where inspiration is clearly drawn from the likes of The Beach Boys, The Kinks, and even The Beatles. Trying to be as retro as possible, the songs are relatively short (the longest clocking in at 3:10), straight and to the point, contain simple hooks, and even simpler guitar riffs.

“Change” kicks off the album with a sound that lets you know you are as far as possible from A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (Panic!’s debut album). This song redundantly reminds the listener that “Some people never change, they just stay the same.” The vocals are clean, the guitar is playful, and the tambourine adds to the 60’s vibe. “Take a Vacation” continues with another short and simple song that should satisfy many of those who feel they’ve been born in the wrong era. It has a catchy hook about the need for a vacation and the desire to have all your friends there with you. Enriched with the backing vocals of Jon Walker, it feels like a reinvented Beach Boys song, which is by no means a bad thing.

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Rating: 8/10
Release Date: June 8, 2010
Record Label: One Haven
Recommended Tracks: “Change,” “Cape Town,” “Everyone But You”
For Fans Of: The Beatles, The Kinks, The Beach Boys, Panic! At The Disco

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Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars

In mid-2009, it was announced that Ryan Ross and Jon Walker of Panic! At The Disco were leaving the band due to creative differences, perhaps moving into a new direction with a new band entirely. Sure enough, Ross and Walker wrote some very un-Panic! tunes, added members Nick Murray, Andy Soukal, and Nick White, and channeled their inner retro rock band of which make up their first album, “Take A Vacation!”. Though The Young Veins is made up of half of Panic!, there is certainly no comparison in their sound. This is where the “creative difference” comes into play. Instead of the garage, pop/punk sound that Ross and Walker became famous for, we are now introduced to a sort of time-paradox: music edition. It is well into 2010, but “Take A Vacation!” is undoubtedly reminiscent of Ed Sullivan re-runs, hula-hoops and oil-free beaches.

Produced by Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet) and Rob Mathes (Panic! At The Disco), “Take A Vacation!” is a simple, short, and sweet little album, full of 60’s-like pop, beachy harmonies, and lovable lyrics. “Take A Vacation!” is unique to this era, and therefore refreshing in a music generation lacking, well, the oldies. And just like the oldies, most songs on the album cease to reach the 3-minuet mark, making for a very short album. But sometimes simplicity just works, such as is for the first single off the album, “Change”. Reminiscent of The Monkees and perhaps a dash of Jet, “Change” is one of the groovier and lyrically simple tracks of the album. Lyrics like “I swear like a sailor, love is not a flavor/I find it’s just a concept that we live inside” are the template for the rest of the album. “Take A Vacation” and “Young Veins (Die Tonight)”, are sway-worthy tunes, bringing forth 1964 George Harrison guitar riffs while “Capetown” is sure to melt the hearts of girls in pony tails and bobby socks.

The album does take a slight turn towards a more current music style with the last few songs, including “Dangerous Blues”, “Defiance” and “Lie To Tell The Truth”. However, with the albums consistent 60’s croon-sound, it lacks some of the excitement that many debut albums exude. The album is undemanding to the listener, and sure the retro style is unique and new (to this decade), but can The Young Veins hold up against new and popular alternative rock bands of today? We surely cannot help but root for them, but there could be a struggle to keep up with the chart-toppers of the year.

Key tracks: Change/Everyone But You/Defiance

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When Panic at the Disco dropped the exclamation point from their name, it was surely intended to signify a newfound maturity, or at least an evolution from the their emo-drenched beginnings -- remember, the band became famous long before its members could even legally drink. But a mere change in punctuation wasn't enough of a revision for songwriter-guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker. They wanted a new start entirely, which is what they got when they dropped out of Panic at the Disco last summer in order to launch the Young Veins.

One year later, they have a new album to show for it. 'Take a Vacation!' drops on June 8. Note the return of the exclamation point. As for the name of the lead single, 'Maybe I Will, Maybe I Won't,' a comma is the only punctuation necessary as the song itself is a bit more mysterious than a direct emphatic declaration. "We wrote this song while being held captive in France," Walker tells Spinner. "It could be about a few different things, but it's probably about love."

That might explain some of the ambiguity. Musically, the song is a throwback to vintage Californian pop music -- it's a summer classic in the making. Check it out below.

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Every once in a while a band come along that mines The Beatles for inspiration and many of them fall flat. That's not the case with The Young Veins, a band that wears it's influences on it's sleeves, which in this case is a great thing.

Last June, Ryan Ross (Guitar/Vocals) and Jon Walker (Bass/Vocals) quit Panic at the Disco citing "creative differences." When Panic released the song 'New Perspective,' the differences were quite clear, the other members of Panic were happy to retread into their infant stage and keep releasing the same kind of garbage from their debut album. Ross and Walker on the other hand had much better ideas. They went on to form The Young Veins and in the process have created an album that recalls "Help!" with a little bit of early Kinks for good measure.
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It may seem weird that there’s an exclamation mark in the album’s title, ‘Take A Vacation!’, until you find out The Young Veins includes Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, formally of Panic! At The Disco. With promise and potential definitely in place, reality sets in and this record is no vacation.

Cutting to the chase, if every track was as poignant and well crafted as “Cape Town,” “Defiance” and possibly “Heart Of Mine” this album would be a grand slam. Instead, focus is lost and somewhere along the way boring sets in, big time. The saving grace, if there is one, for songs like “Change” is that it’s short. Only “Everyone But You” comes in over 3 minutes in length while most stick to under 2 and a half.

The Young Veins aren’t Panic! and shouldn’t be compared to them, however, the title track, “Take A Vacation”, is one of the few which has enough similarities to see the connections. Most songs come off as trying too hard to recreate this ’60’s/’70’s beach pop. These are supposed to light and breezy, summer songs, but by the end of the album that’s not what I was thinking about.

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(A pre-review of The Young Vein’s debut, “Take a Vacation”.)



Listening to the debut album of the Young Veins throws me back in time… but I can’t decide if I’ve slid all the way back to the days of 60s-era rock, which seems to be the popular opinion, or if I’ve started to take the slide and come to a shuddering halt in downtown Halifax in the mid-90’s.

Other people are crying Beatles on this fresh music from Ryan Ross and Jon Walker (both whom you’ve probably seen gallivanting around your MTV with Russian dolls or a bunch of vaudeville performers as a crucial part of the band Panic at the Disco), Andy Soukal (who is worth a follow on Twitter, let me tell you), Nick White (who you might have seen tooling around on tour with Bright Eyes and in Tilly and the Wall), and Nick Murray (who I know nothing about, sorry bud, but he gets points for some kick-ass linkage on his twitter account. ‘Exile’ outtakes? Yes, please). Instead, I am conjuring images of Sloan’s Coax Me and Thrush Hermit’s From The Back of the Film. They live in LA, and seem to like the weather there, but I think we should start a petition for the guys in the Young Veins to move to Halifax. The reception would be very, very warm.( continue reading )

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by J.Roiz
With the seperation of the emo sensation Panic! At The Disco, comes a new project composed by former members, known as The Young Veins.

Guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist John Wauitarist formed a strong songwriting partnership and combined their creative differences to form their new band "The Young Veins".

Their style can be compared to a garage band experimenting with 60s retro pop. At first glance, they have that flair that Los Bunkers from Chile have.

On June 8th, The Young Veins will debut their first album titled Take a Vacation! which will consist of 11 fresh tracks rounding at about 30 minutes the entire album; short and simple yet refreshing to the ear.

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Next up is the Young Veins, which features two of the former members of Panic! at the Disco, Ryan Ross and Jon Walker. The five piece band comes dressed as The Beatles circa the Ed Sullivan show and plays in the same manner. As if picking up where Panic!’s Pretty. Odd. Left off, The Young Veins’ tamed style is so reminiscent of a 60’s rock band that the only thing missing is girls swooning and screaming in the background like a Jonas Brothers concert.



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