Panic! At The Disco Not-So-Feverishly Finishing Second LP

[Polyphonic Twilight]

Panic! At The Disco Divulge Why They Wanted Second Chance At Second Album

Ryan Ross says band didn't have proper setup at log cabin; plans to take another stab at LP in Las Vegas hometown.

LAS VEGAS — Despite what you might've previously thought ... and despite what their label's online store tells you, Panic! at the Disco's upcoming album isn't their second, but rather, their third.

"We've had quite an interesting last nine months," guitarist Ryan Ross said. "We were in the mountains for a while, writing songs, and we moved to L.A. for a bit, and then we decided to start over in July. So now we're kind of trying to finish writing this second second record. Actually, it's almost like our third record, since we were like three-quarters finished with the other one before we scrapped it."

By now, the process of making album number thr — uh, two, has been about as well-documented as it has been confusing: Sessions started in earnest earlier this year, when Panic took up residence in a log cabin to begin writing songs, songs which the band had apparently scrapped — in favor of more stripped-back numbers — by the time MTV News spoke with them in August. But up until now, no one was really sure why the band decided to trash an album's worth of material (though some have certainly had suspicions).

So, RyRo ... care to fill us in?

"We were just piecing stuff together up in the cabin. We would take lyrics, and we didn't really have ... a band set up," he explained. "We were just writing on pianos and guitars separately and just throwing other things in there, and it didn't really sound like a band, it sounded like a film score.

"We went through a stage of writing that just happened because we were on tour for so long, and we were sick of those old songs so much that we decided to write songs that were really complicated and challenging for us," he continued. "Then we realized that it's not going to be any fun to play these live either, so we decided to ditch the whole project. There was a story line throughout the whole record, a short story, and we decided to put that on the shelf and just start playing as a band, and it's been a lot better."

So that means that the "love story" Ross mentioned back in April seems to have been jettisoned . But what are the new new songs about then?

"We've got about six or seven songs that are pretty much complete ... and [they're] a lot more uplifting. They've got a more positive outlook to them. It's kind of hard to write a bunch of sad songs if you're not sad anymore," Ross said. "I guess they're pretty different than the songs on the first album. I mean, we wrote those songs like three to four years ago, so obviously we've changed a lot in terms of everything — what we like and what we think is good."

Ross wouldn't say just when Panic plan to enter the studio to begin recording the follow-up to A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, but drummer Spencer Smith was more than willing to let loose with the information: First and foremost, Panic will be staying at home to work on the album, recording it in the Studio at the Palms (it's the same ultra-slick Vegas spot that the Killers chose to record their Sam's Town album). And when will fans be able to hear some actual music?

"We want to have the new single out by the end of the year, probably around Christmas," Smith said. "And then have the album out in February. We hope."

Part of the interview: Video.  

[tattoo fish]

|P|E|T|E|W|E|N|T|Z| my anti-EXPLOSION

Single out by Christmas? YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

That will be all.

 

[Polyphonic Twilight]

tattoo fish

|P|E|T|E|W|E|N|T|Z| my anti-EXPLOSION

Single out by Christmas? YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

That will be all.

I know! That'd be great! heart

I wish they would release the other songs too though, the ones they decided not to use. It seems like such a shame to just throw them away...
They should just release two albums at once xp No one would mind!  

[tattoo fish]

|P|E|T|E|W|E|N|T|Z| my anti-EXPLOSION

Maybe they could put them online.

That will be all.

 

[Polyphonic Twilight]

tattoo fish

|P|E|T|E|W|E|N|T|Z| my anti-EXPLOSION

Maybe they could put them online.

That will be all.

That would be a good solution. But I don't think they will sad  

[upsidexdown]

I bet the single is gonna be Nine In The Afternoon.

 

[Promised_Love7]

I'm waiting for their next album to come out and I've been waiting for a good long while too. I guess I could wait a little longer.
I wish they could release their other songs somehow so that we could have a listen anyway.  

[GoodbyeLights]

their new songs are ok. i miss those techno beats from AFYCSO... gonk

EDITED!! oopsie...  

[Polyphonic Twilight]

punkguitar65

their new songs are ok. i miss those techno beats from AFYCASO... gonk

I like their new songs 3nodding But I also like their old songs, obviously. I'm just really excited to hear the entire album.

And who knows, maybe there will still be a song or two with some techno beats and synthesizers... I don't actually think so though xp


upsidexdown: As much as I like that song, I hope it won't be the first single! I don't want Middle Of Summer to be it either xp Mainly because those songs are already available in high-quality versions... and I want to have another new song instead of one of those two xp  

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punkguitar65

their new songs are ok. i miss those techno beats from AFYCASO... gonk

yeah, they said the songs from their new CD is different from AFYCSO ==" that's sad man  

[Leowna]

Polyphonic Twilight

tattoo fish

|P|E|T|E|W|E|N|T|Z| my anti-EXPLOSION

Single out by Christmas? YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

That will be all.

I know! That'd be great! heart

I wish they would release the other songs too though, the ones they decided not to use. It seems like such a shame to just throw them away...
They should just release two albums at once xp No one would mind!

I agree. They could have a dual disk!

That would be so awwwesooome. <333

And you're right. No one would mind. Especially not us. xD

But then again, we might grow to like them, and the Panic! might feel obligated to play them live. And then they wouldn't have any fun. xP  

[Polyphonic Twilight]

It definitely would be awesome. It'd be AWESOMEINCREDIBLEAMAZINGWONDERFUL! xd heart

But that is true.. although real fans wouldn't ever try to pressure them into playing songs they don't like! xp  

[Leowna]

Polyphonic Twilight

It definitely would be awesome. It'd be AWESOMEINCREDIBLEAMAZINGWONDERFUL! xd heart

But that is true.. although real fans wouldn't ever try to pressure them into playing songs they don't like! xp

Yeah...but I think there are more teenies then real fans. D:


If there ever were a dual disk, I go, 'OMGZ OMGZ NO WAI! *spazz spazz spazz*
I MUST GO BUY IT! *runs to Walmart*'
xD  

[Polyphonic Twilight]

I would too.
But I wouldn't get there until next year.
There are no walmarts in Europe xp  

[Leowna]

Polyphonic Twilight

I would too.
But I wouldn't get there until next year.
There are no walmarts in Europe xp

xP

Well, there are places where they sell CDs, aren't there?