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*Current favorites: Northern Downpour and She Had The World, like, times a million. Relatedly...
*There are SO MANY songs on this album that make me cry. The thing about AFYCSO is that it's SO uplifting, even when you pay closer attention to the lyrics and realize they're not necessarily at all about happy things. Still, at best they're kind of bittersweet, maybe, not making me weep like the little emo girl I sometimes am. Um, my point being that these two albums are VERY different, which I think everyone and their dog noticed after two seconds of listening, but they're also both really coherent wholes, amazingly so. I approve. But it also means that it's extremely jarring when my playlist goes from an AFYCSO song to a P.O one, or vice versa.
*I actually think I could sell PatD to a lot of my friends if I just gave them Pretty. Odd to listen to. Whereas AFYCSO totally won me over and I know I'm never going to experience that kind of insane love no matter how awesome their future albums may be (this is not a Panic thing, it happens with every band I fall really hard for. I might continue loving them for years, even decades to come, but there will always be an extra special place in my heart for the thing that first made me love them), I know it would not work in the case of a lot of people I know. Pretty. Odd, on the other hand, absolutely would, I'm convinced. I just haven't tested this theory yet.
*Ryan's voice is magic. I can't even talk about it. Before I'd heard any of Pretty. Odd I was watching live bits on Youtube obsessively because of his singing, which is so awkward but endearing, and OH MY GOD HIS LITTLE VOICE. I don't know. Brendon and Ryan singing together is just one of the happiest things I can think of right now. <3