Panic at the Disco

Obviously I am not claiming to have just now discovered this band, but I have been following them for awhile and they have a new video out.

Now that they have a new record coming out, sans the exlclamation point, Panic have a lot of pressure on them. I actually can't wait to hear the new material. I really liked A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, but I felt they were going in a different direction than I expected. This new song pleasantly surprised me--surprised me because I actually really like it. It's catchy as hell and gets stuck in my head for hours. Lyrically, it's nothing to write home about, but whatever. Everyone needs a feel good tune every once in awhile.

I saw the band live in February 2006 and was pretty disappointed. The amount of excitement in the crowd had expectations high, but let me down. I saw them at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ--which was probably one of the smallest venues they have ever played. They graduated from small clubs immediately after this tour opening for The Academy Is... and began selling out the bigger clubs.

They are currently preparing to embark on the Honda Civic Tour with Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, and Phantom Planet (yes...Fueled By Ramen and their friends have formed a cult and are slowly taking over the music industry). The Honda Civic Tour has had quite an impressive line-up over the years:
2001 Blink 182, Everclear, Alkaline Trio
2002 Incubus, Hoobastank, and Phantom Planet (weird that PP is going on it again, right?)
2003 New Found Glory, Good Charlotte, Hot Rod Circuit, Less Than Jake, Stretch Armstrong, The Disasters (I saw this tour...it was a great show too...I got to see NFG's set from stage right!)
2004 Dashboard Confessional, The Get Up Kids (oh how I am glad to have seen them at least this once before they broke up), Thrice
2005 Maroon 5, Phantom Planet, The Donnas (someone in PP must be related to someone important to have landed this tour THREE times)
2006 Black Eyed Peas and The Pussycat Dolls (random)
2007 Fall Out Boy, +44, The Academy Is..., Cobra Starship, Paul Wall (FBR reigns supreme)

Well anyways...enough of my rambling history of Panic/Honda Civic Tour...I didn't even realize how many times I had seen this tour...good job Honda.

Panic's latest effort, Pretty. Odd., is due out March 25, 2008, but will probably leak sometime next week. Here's the video...fall under the spell that is FBR....




Abbey