Album review – The Young Veins
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Formed by ex-Panic! At The Disco front man Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker, The Young Veins, according to the press release, take in fuzzed-out psychedelia, nuggets era garage rock, Stax inspired soul and 60’s pop and re-imagine it into this, the band’s debut. I know what you’re thinking – garage rock, fuzzed-out pyschedelia, sounds good right?
In reality Ryan and his gang of merry thieves don’t so much wear their influences on their sleeve as rip them off wholesale. Except there’s not really any sign of Stax inspired soul and I certainly didn’t hear any ‘nuggets era garage rock’. There is however plenty of 60’s pop, exactly the sort of 60’s pop that has previously been done by a little known English band called the Beatles. Oh sure, there’s a bit of Beach Boys and Monkees thrown in to try and cover the scent, but ultimately it sounds like a Beatles record.
The album itself is well written, produced and performed – the band are all skilled musicians and the album makes a pleasant listen on a sunny Sunday afternoon but that’s not the point. This is so unoriginal it’s almost offensive; they may as well have just released a Beatles covers album. And you may as well nip down your local second-hand record store and pick up the real thing.
1/5
This review originally appeared in Artrocker magazine. www.artrocker.tv
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Panic! are legendary! The way they got bottled off the stage at Reading a couple of years ago was masterful.
I think you’re being generous with the 1/5 though…