Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 12:35 PM
An emo-band that reincarnates as a Sixties Summer act. Panic! at the Disco made it big, with a rather boring teenage angst songs and the world became a slightly better place then they called it quits. Former Panic! members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker made a fresh start with The Young Veins and joined forces with Jason Boesel, Alex Greenwald and Elizabeth Berg to record their debut album Take A Vacation! (they are still fond of exclamation marks).
Kicking off with Change, with guita lickes straight out of the Jefferson Airplane songbook, they run through 11 tracks in a little under 30 minutes. A bit of Love, The Boxstops, The Beatles in their Rubber Soul phase, and even The Monkees, it is the kind of album that want to be heard in the car the the top down. The vocals stand out, especially in Everyone But You and the Kinks rip-0ff Maybe I Will, Maybe I Won't.
Take a Vacation! is an album that will sell more copies to pop loving parents than their kids.
The Young Veins (live band):
Ryan Ross: vocals and guitar
Jon Walker: vocals and guitar
Andy Soukal: bass
Nick White: keyboards
Nick Murray: drums
Take a Vacation! is released on OneHaven Music. Release date: June 8. Formats: vinyl, CDand digital. Go retro with a Viewmaster package and 3-D photos. Pre-order it from the band's website.
Tracks:
- Change
- Take A Vacation!
- Cape Town
- Maybe I Will, Maybe I Won't
- Young Veins (Die Tonight)
- Everyone But You
- Other Girl
- Dangerous Blues
- Defiance
- Lie To The Truth
- Heart Of Mine
MP3: The Young Veins - Change
Live dates:
- 06/08 Los Angeles, CA @ Origami (in-store, CD release party)
- 06/11 Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
- 06/16 San Diego, CA @ Wave House
- 06/17 Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
- 06/19 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre
- 06/20 Agoura Hills, CA @ The Canyon Club
- 06/22 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
- 06/23 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
- 06/24 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
- 06/25 Vancouver, BC @ The Media Club
- 06/26 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
- 06/27 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
- 06/29 Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theatre
- 06/30 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
- 07/01 Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
- 07/02 Little Rock, AR @ Juanita’s Cantina Ballroom
- 07/03 Shreveport, LA @ The Collective
- 07/05 New Orleans, LA @ Republic New Orleans
- 07/06 Pensacola, FL @ Seville Quarter
- 07/07 Orlando, FL @ The Social
- 07/08 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
- 07/09 Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
- 07/10 Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
- 07/11 Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend
- 07/12 Greenville, SC @ The Handlebar
- 07/14 New York, NY @ The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
- 07/15 Dewey Beach, DE @ Bottle & Cork
- 07/16 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
- 07/17 S. Hackensack, NJ @ School Of Rock
- 07/18 New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
- 07/19 Farmingdale, NY @ The Crazy Donkey
- 07/20 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
» theyoungveins.com