“We are the kids from the underground / We are the new mainstream / We are the mass hysteria,” he sings, channeling Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’. “We made it against all odds,” he sings on the funk infused ‘Say It Louder’, while the brilliantly titled ‘Star Spangled Banger’ is a rebellious call-to-arms.
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It’s Full Of References To Other Artists, Musically And Lyrically Panic! has always been 90 per cent showmanship but here Urie seems to have achieved his final form as a kind of deranged glee club leader who is the only person who can hear the actual songs beneath the chaos. As he sings on the glam ‘Middle Of A Breakup’: “Keep your disco / Give me T.Rex”. Pulling away from larger-than-life anthems about decadence and self-acceptance, this new record sees Urie channeling classic rock and talking to his younger self. It’s not something he’s remotely inclined to bogart anyway Urie comes off as a real fan of the stuff he’s channeling and wants to give you a secondhand ’70s buzz, too. Or maybe he’s getting high on some glam-rock or new-wave ghost’s supply. Being a mere lad of 35, Urie must’ve been tuning in to all these period FM sounds from some celestial, prenatal dimension. Nearly everything here is designed to evoke a fond remembrance of specific bands and sounds from the 1970s - give or take a late ’60s or early ’80s allusion.
I didn’t realize I was making an album and there was something about the tape machine that kept me honest.” The result, Urie says, “is a look back at who I was 17 years ago and who I am now with the fondness I didn’t have before. Per the early reviews, it’s a little bit of a mess, but a warm and welcome one. Panic! At The Disco has just released their seventh studio album, entitled “Viva Las Vengeance.” It’s an album that doubles as a multi-generational jukebox, referencing ‘70s and ‘80s sounds and bands - and more beyond that.