Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Nothing to panic about

The new Panic At The Disco single puts the likes of The Hoosiers into perspective with a lesson in exactly how feel-good guitar pop should be done if it is going to be attempted at all.

'Nine In The Afternoon' isn't especially emo, it isn't especially rock but it is pretty damn special and has a video so bloody cheerful it ought to be available on prescription – and first in the queue at the chemists should be emo miserablists such as My Chemical Romance and their dreary ilk.

If 'emo' still means emotional, then the emotion in question here is sheer joy.


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