Who even remembers Ryan Ross? Â He’s an ex-member of Panic(!) At The Disco, and there was some extraordinary ‘drama’ with the split, even including cocaine rumors. Â He had tried out a new music project, The Young Veins, for a while but that didn’t do too well- we all knew no one would be as successful as Panic! Â Regardless, he’s released something new and so I decided to give it a listen.
Ross has always been a fantastic writer and had a very strange feel with his words. Â His voice is also beautiful and unique. Â The tune “You’re Invited” is weird and almost feels creepy. Â The vocals are odd and choppy and mirror the techno feel that is unlike anything he’s ever done before. Â “My mind is playing tricks on you” has an MGMTesque vibe and it begs the question, “what the heck even happened.”
It wouldn’t come as a surprise if Ross admitted to being a pot smoker or maybe even on something heavier at this point. Â He’s so fleeting and flighty that his ambiguity can’t even be mistaken for ignorance or innocence. Â The song is just…off. Â The man’s a grown up and rebuilding his success from the ground up, but there’s the undeniable sense of the fact that he’s just going to fail again. Â He’ll never achieve any musical status and will end up pumping gas or waiting tables in a matter of years.
It’s the sad reality and it just needs to be acknowledged. Â Though I wish him the best of luck, it’ll be tough to watch him fall once more.
