The Young Veins - Take A Vacation

Uh oh. The paisley shirts, The striped pants. The turtlenecks. The bangs and sunglasses. We're not having a 60's "Shindig" flashback now...or are we? Listening to tracks from the upcoming debut album Take A Vacation (June 8) by L.A.'s The Young Veins -- all eleven tracks in just 29 minutes (do the math) -- we're getting some pretty potent, if slightly dusty, retro/rock vinyl vibes. Formed by guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker from the ashes of late emo-rockers Panic! at the Disco, The Young Veins are happily loose and unkempt, serving up brief blasts of Kinks-meet-Byrds jangling guitars and Brit Invasion harmonies filtered through a sunny, sharp SoCal pop lens.

You may actually feel your hair growing and bell bottoms flair as you groove to lead 45, err...single, "Change", a 2 1/2 minute charge of nicked Beatle riffs, Hammond B-3 undertow, ragged and whining guitar solo and handclapping rhythms (video after the jump). "Some people never change, some people stay the same" harmonize Ross and Walker as the band struts and shimmies behind, sounding the world like something one might have heard blasting at a 1966 pool party. As the vintage sounds echo from the past you get the feeling that the homage-like Vacation may have been a lark to make. But it's also a reaffirmation that keeping things simple, melodic and with "a beat you can dance to" will never really go out of style. Recommended.

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The Young Veins - "Change" (from the album Take A Vacation)

The Young Veins - "Young Veins (Die Tonight)" (from the album Take A Vacation)