PANIC! AT THE DISCO - Viva Las Vengeance LP

Label: Fueled By Ramen

To say that Panic! At the Disco's seventh album, 2022's Viva Las Vengeance, is a love letter to rock & roll is to state the obvious about what is also one of their most thrilling and enjoyable records. It’s historically been quite hard to predict what you’re going to get from Panic! when a new album is on the horizon, given the way that they’ve swung from emo to baroque folk, to theatrical pop-rock over the years. While the project has massively changed since their debut A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, one thing has not changed: Brendon’s powerful and impressive vocals.

This rock opera is no different, seeing the star soar to incredible vocal extremes in a dramatic and maximalist album filled to the brim with energy. Sometimes the old ways are still the best. Viva Las Vengeance is Urie's amorous declaration to everything sumptuously mythic, exultant, tragic, and yes, even silly, about loving and aspiring to be a part of the rock & roll world. That Urie is completely self-aware about his place in that world makes the album all the more delicious.