My daughter is slowly converting me over to all of the albums she loves, with Twenty One Pilots and My Chemical Romance already in heavy rotation on Apple Music.
Vices & Virtues is an amazing album. As with all Panic songs, the songwriting is super catchy, and sung and performed with so much energy. There's something a little more serious about this album compared to their other albums, and I think that's what has drawn me to it.
There are lots of string arrangements, synths, and cool little parts. The album starts with "The Ballad of Mona Lisa", a catchy song that's more a romping anthemic pop song than a ballad. Catchy songs follow, maybe not concise and simple enough to play on pop radio, but definitely easy to listen to. 7 songs in is "Always", a soft acoustic number that is one of my favorite songs on the album.
I believe the album was partially produced by Butch Walker, who is, IMO, a genius producer and musician.
I've heard of people dismissing Panic as emo, or saying their music is background mindless music. I feel that if Brendan Urie (who basically at this point IS Panic) continues putting out such diverse and incredible albums, they have the potential to achieve the same kind of legacy as the Beatles or Queen.
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