Panic! At the Disco Releases Their Fourth Album

Album art for Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die

Panic!At the Disco's new album Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die was released on October 8th, 2013. The band consists of only two people, although the group was originally much larger when they formed in 2004; the only remaining member of the band since its formation is Brendon Urie, font man and lead singer. The other current member is drummer Spencer Smith. In their last album Vices and Virtues, Brendon Urie (who writes all of the songs for the band) wrote the entire album about his wife while they were broken up, and in their most recent album, Brendon has written in a similar way, writing about numerous good and bad experiences during his adolescence, giving it a “Vegas” theme and even once calling it “a letter to myself.”

Every time Panic! At the Disco comes out with a new album, they experiment with new things involving different instruments and elements, which to me is exactly what makes them great. While I understand that many artists have certain types of sounds and styles that they are comfortable with, doing the same thing can often get boring after the third or fourth album and make it seem like the artist is 'just moving through the motions'. While this causes many fans to come and go as the style progresses into something they don't enjoy, it has also earned the band many long time followers who look forward to and expect to hear new sounds within the music, which is why I, along with many others find this album to be especially enjoyable as they have held up to their standard of bring new aspects to to the table.