So I just found out (here) that Panic at the Disco is splitting - I believe it's actually fairly old news (July 6th-ish). It is interesting though because when you consider how different "Pretty. Odd." was to "A fever you can't sweat out", it was fairly obvious that there were some serious creative forces at work. And apparently that's the reason for the split: Having evolved in different directions.
Well, the splinter group not calling themselves PATD are called The Young Veins, consisting of Ryan Ross and John Walker. I can't claim to know the band's history that well but I liked them from the start, and in my simple take on it Ryan and John are the Beetle-inspired duo who showed their hand quite strongly in Pretty. Odd. You can hear their debut track on their Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/theyoungveins
Now I'm not calling this track ("Change") a new instant classic, but I do think both bands will be well worth keeping an eye on, and in fact the split may be exactly what both of them needed.
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