Pretty. Odd.

“We’re still the same band,” sings Brendon Urie on opener “We’re So Starving”. That’s hard to believe as Panic! At the Disco shed the angst and emo of their debut *A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out* for a beatific trip into lysergic \'60s pop. “Nine In the Afternoon” exemplifies the immediate, sunny melodies, but the real pleasure emerges in repeated listens as you unpick the many layers of a record doused in strings, harmonies and relentless adventure.

At a time when the indie world is furiously reviving ’60s pop, here’s a mainstream act trying to stay ahead of the game.

Panic! at the Disco - Pretty. Odd. review: ‘Pretty Odd’ indeed! Alternate album titles were ‘Very. Risky’, ‘Really. Different’, ‘Strangely. Experimental’ & ‘Unfortunate. Failure’. Oh & don’t forget ‘Wiggly. Beatles’!<script src=