I feel like they really let go of a lot of the stuff that made Panic! so uniquely interesting to me.

I thought that they were bringing it back, judging by The Ballad of Mona Lisa, which sounded like a healthy mix of AFYCSO and Pretty. Odd. but now that I’m listening to the album…

I wanna cry a bit, actually.

I am so let down, and I know it’s so different from everyone else’s reactions, but I really missed the AFYCSO-esque sound, and after Mona Lisa, I was really expecting it to be back and….

Wow, I didn’t realize I could actually be this let down over an album.

Maybe my expectations were too high, but this is just too much for me. I’ve been freaking out for over a month, almost peeing my pants waiting for this album, and it comes out and sounds less and less like the Panic! I knew and loved.

I don’t know what to do.

I feel like someone just cancelled my birthday.

On the plus side, Always and Nearly Witches aren’t all bad, and do sound a lot more like what I was expecting. The Calendar is pretty good too. They’re just not AFYCSO, I guess.

I was reading reviews of the album on here, and someone summed it up perfectly for me. What really makes Panic!, Panic! is Brendon’s voice, and this album just had so much going on musically that it overpowered his voice, and I think that’s what makes me mad. 

The instruments don’t mesh like they did in AFYCSO. I think otherwise, it wouldn’t be that bad of an album.

They just tried to stuff so much into it that it ended up falling apart.

I’m thinking Trade Mistakes is growing on me (probably because of the strings at the end that remind me of Build God, The We’ll Talk) but for first impressions, I liked The Calendar best (aside from Mona Lisa, which I loved obviously).

I just wish that the sound was cohesive with Mona Lisa.

I mean, it seems like someone picked it up off of AFYCSO and accidentally dropped it on this album.

This album…sounds more like a mix of old Panic! at times and, like, All Time Low or something in that vein

I suppose I’ll have to wait for the bonus pre-order tracks and pray that they sound more like what I was hoping for.

Dear God, let me learn to love this album. I want to love it so much. Please.