The Young Veins were born out of the big Panic At The Disco exodus that happened last year which involved main songwriter Ryan Ross and kindred spirit Jon Walker leaving the band as they didn’t like the way it was going or the way they were controlled.
Ross and Walker then went on to form The Young Veins, a band rather far removed from Panic’s roots and firmly based in a love of 60s music and that whole retro musical movement. ‘Change’ is a great way for the album to open and it really sets the tone for the whole record.
It’s hard to relate The Young Veins back to Panic really although there were definitely some signs of the 60s influence on that band’s last album ‘Pretty. Odd.’ ‘Change’ is a track infused with summery goodness and its jangling guitars and lilting vocals, though clearly imbibed with that retro feel, also have a modern twist. Main songwriter Ross is barely out of his teens after all. There’s nothing pretentious about this music; ‘Change’ is just a straight-up feel good song which shows some serious skills on the writing front.
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Bad Intentions is back with another huge line-up on Friday July 2nd.
We Are Scientists must be kicking themselves slightly. Despite being a great marketing tool around their album release, that World Cup unofficial theme song they so craftily recorded is in danger of becoming the bane of their lives. As the band gear up for their Glastonbury slot by playing to a sold-out Academy in Oxford, the cries from the audience for the band to play ‘Goal! England!’ are unrelenting.