Death of a Bachelor

Recorded just before his wedding, Brendon Urie bids farewell to bachelordom with quite the blowout. A turbo-charged romp through his box of tricks, it’s an album that sounds like a spectacular Broadway musical, love letter to Los Angeles, and celebration of his band’s mighty achievements all at once. That’s not to say this is a nostalgic retread of past glories: “Victorious” is a blistering pumped-up anthem, “The Good, the Bad and the Dirty” adds some attitude to the party, while “LA Devotee” is an electro surf into another majestic Urie chorus.

Sole remaining member Brendon Urie keeps the energy up but becomes exhausting

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It’s hard not to bowled over by Brendon Urie’s efforts yet again.

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Brendon Urie has lost two band members – and his operatic pop-punk is now a hollow affair

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Brendon Urie’s powerful, screechy vocals are wielded like a hammer in songs about a disillusioned charmer