Panic! at the Disco – A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out
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Rock may try on as many different variations as Michael Jackson’s face, but you can always guarantee it will never be too far removed from its kissing cousin addictive pop. Be it Foo Fighters or recent radio fodder Fall Out Boy, creating that surefire radio hook is the key to cementing your tune in the minds of the fickle music listening public. Usually I lampoon these ruthless media hounds for feeding the soulless music machine, but every so often you run across an artist that wrestles this pale formula to the ground to grind up some quality where you were certain that none existed. The smart band that has done the unthinkable is Las Vegas quartet Panic! at the Disco. They are the first band signed to Pete Wentz’s (Fall Out Boy) Decaydance Records, and their debut effort A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out marries rocktastic beats with a dance floor that refuses to silence the pulse of gyrating bodies. These songs are the fuel to the fire. |
Grade: A- | Genre: Rock/Pop/Dance
The group’s first single “The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage” insights the riot. An enticing lyrical loop “swear to shake it up if you swear to listen” spits from the speakers, recalling carefree life devoid of responsibility, bills or even the suffocation of music label’s restraints. It’s the raw power of innocence, blessed with desire. As the album opener, it aptly sets the pace as the resulting organized chaos unfolds. The secret of Panic! is slowly spilling out all over the nation’s musical fabric as they’ve sold out every stop along their summer trek, lighting up the aftermarket with fantastic prices. Fever continues to inch up the Billboard charts and make new fans with every radio play. The songs are fresh and thrive in the skin of their own beats.
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