Pretty, Odd. : After the Release

I started to write about this album song by song but I just have too much to say and I want to do my best to keep it short but sweet.

-Wonderful songwriting. The lyrics and melodies support each other like they were meant to be. I want this band to be big. I want them to change the world. Though many of the song's lyrics provide the right mix of ambiguity and clear conveyance, they do not quite have the same "I'm with you," effect artists like Bob Dylan and the Beatles have. They are growing though. While A Fever You Can't Sweat Out's lyrics were in your face with probably one broad theme per song, these are read between the lines songs. They have plenty of additude and style on both albums but Pretty. Odd. shines with powerful minimalist poetry. Hemingway would be proud.

-I have to ask are they Panic at the Disco or just the Beatles reincarnate? These songs are completely comparable to them. They were tired one night and one band member said it feels like it's Nine in the Afternoon and then came "Nine in the Afternoon". Ringo Starr said "It's been a hard day's night" once and then came "Hard Day's Night." We're So Starving is a powerful intro song about the band and mirrors the ideology of Sgt. Pepper's. "Behind the Sea" I swear is just "Don't Pass Me By" in reverse, with Ryan Ross's humdrum-nasal-but-peaceful vocals, not far from Ringo Starr's. I said I'd keep it short but let me say this - there's plenty more connections, but I would never call them thieves.

-The vinyl is awesome.

Peace