I donвЂ™t think we try to emulate any of our influences, the whole idea is to use what was there before you and make it your own.

How did you go about reconciling their musical influence on the band with a more modern day feel and your own stamp of originality? There are clearly some very strong influences from legendary bands such as the Beatles and Beach Boys on вЂTake A Vacation!вЂ™. Unfortunately no, we havenвЂ™t been across the pond in so long! IвЂ™m hoping we get there soon and IвЂ™m sure there will be lots to write about.ДЄh, well based on places IвЂ™ve been, in no order: South Africa, Australia, UK, Europe, and the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. If I gave away everything there would be no room for imagination, no mystique left!ДЄny UK-centric experiences influence the album? Who was the girl in the song вЂCape TownвЂ™? The record also touches on experiences in other countries across the world, presumably from touring experiences. I had this image in my head as a kid that if you went to the beach in California theyвЂ™d be there in the sand playing it. ThatвЂ™s a tough one, I guess I could say that as a child, the first song I think I ever remember hearing and singing along to would be вЂњ Catch a WaveвЂќ by the Beach Boys. ItвЂ™s one of our favorite places to go, you can climb up on the Point and see for miles out into the ocean.Д¬an you name one song by another act that sums up what California means to you? ThereвЂ™s a place called Point Dume up the coast. What sights and places would you advise people to visit when in Cali? I think if anything, for me, moving to California was just a change of scenery. I think the only ones we did there were вЂњ ChangeвЂќ вЂњ CapetownвЂќ and вЂњ The Other GirlвЂњ. How did your experiences of that part of the world influence your sound and lyrics?ДЇunnily enough, I donвЂ™t think any of the songs that mention the beach or ocean were written in California. Your debut album вЂTake A Vacation!вЂ™ is very evocative of Southern California. I think that alleviated a lot of would-be stress. The atmosphere in the studio was very enjoyable, we had friends around helping and had a good idea on what we wanted things to sound like before we ever started recording. IвЂ™d say Maybe about 4 months total though.ДЄny interesting tales from the studio? What was the atmosphere like? ItвЂ™s hard to say exactly because we never really sat down to just write for this album. How long did it take to write and record? Once we did find the other guys it started to feel like a real band. We had friends play what we couldnвЂ™t on the album but they already had other things they were doing on their own and wouldnвЂ™t be able to tour with us. The hardest part was trying to find a good band after the album was finished. We only had to write a few more songs after the split in order to have enough for the album. It was a smooth transition because Jon and I had been working on material all along. How did the progression move along so quickly? IвЂ™m guessing it was a smooth transition?

That seems to be a fairly short time to form a completely new band, write an albumвЂ™s worth of material, get it recorded, find a label and release it. ItвЂ™s been just under a year since Jon and Ryan left Panic At The Disco. We caught up with him to hear about the process behind the album and what went into making it. ItвЂ™s hard to believe that frontman Ryan Ross is so young having written such sincere and well-crafted songs as those present on this album. The result of their musical endeavours since leaving Panic (Ross was the main songwriter of the band) are documented in The Young VeinsвЂ™ debut album вЂ Take A Vacation!вЂ™ Reminiscent of 60s acts like The Beatles and Beach Boys, the album is a summer journey of epic proportions and has the potential to become the soundtrack to anyoneвЂ™s summer. The Young Veins were spawned last year following Ryan Ross and Jon Walker departing their former band вЂ“ Panic At The Disco.

The young veins take a vacation!