Panic At The Disco: 'Nine In The Afternoon'

With the benefit of hindsight, it's tempting to view Panic At The Disco's subtle name change as a shrewd distraction tactic. Their many, many fans – more than two million own their debut album - were so busy debating the relevance of a disappearing exclamation mark that the band, rather cheekily, managed to overhaul their sound without anybody really minding.

'Nine In The Afternoon', the first single from their upcoming Pretty.Odd LP, finds the Las Vegas four-piece getting in touch with their inner Beatles fans. Combining surging strings, lashings of brass and some wonderfully spirited piano work, it's a big, swaggering pop epic, filled with more heart and guts than a cheap sausage. Let's hope Brendon Urie's vocals, still slavishly devoted to his US pop punk heroes, don't put off potential new fans.


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