On Fever they fill the gaps between their formulaic guitars and warbling urgency (interchangeable groups include the Academy Is.
But bands like Panic! at the Disco don't see that. Writing music that webzines actually want to cover should be more important that assuming they will and then obsessing over it.
"Dear studio audience," Panic! at the Disco vocalist Brendon Urie quavers in "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage." "I've an announcement to make/It seems the artists these days are not who you think." He goes on to shout out, "Applause! applause!" His lyrics also say he's the narrator, but that's for debate, because later on A Fever You Can't Sweat Out Urie hoots about meeting the press and his band being a "wet dream for the webzines," so who's worrying about stardom now, the narrator or Panic! at the Disco? With Fever it's clear that the MySpace revolution has come full circle - no longer just a convenient promotional tool, the site is now something to sing about.
The state of pop-punk/emo in 2005: it's hip to be self-aware.
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