Pretty Late on Pretty. Odd.

Panic at the Disco’s new album, Pretty. Odd., is on the completely opposite end of the spectrum of their 2005 album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out. A Fever was a techno, dance-beat album with little time for breathing or slowing down. The 2005 album may have tired the guys of Panic out tempo wise, but lyrically and musically the band gives a different but amazing album that shows maturity and sensibility.

Pretty. Odd. is an unexpected rock present from Panic at the Disco. The differences between the new album may explain why the band has dropped the exclamation mark after the word panic in their name. They mellowed out but tightened up. Their musical sound has matured volumes; playing songs with more intricate arrangements, using a larger variety of musical instruments, and really experimenting with several different genres.

Panic could have easily made another 10-12 techno dance songs as A Fever You Cant Sweat Out part 2, but challenged themselves to create something that is another solid album by the band, but not because of the band’s name or ability to re-create an older album. I think that with technology, that the musical landscape is so vast that the album could fit in somewhere. I think it is a indie(even though they are on a major label, i was referring to the sound) rock/pop album if I had to give it a name, but also includes elements of folk, acoustic, and electronics.

...I liked it