Death of a Bachelor

Recorded just before his wedding, Brendon Urie bids farewell to bachelordom with quite the blowout. A turbo-charged romp through his box of tricks, it’s an album that sounds like a spectacular Broadway musical, love letter to Los Angeles, and celebration of his band’s mighty achievements all at once. That’s not to say this is a nostalgic retread of past glories: “Victorious” is a blistering pumped-up anthem, “The Good, the Bad and the Dirty” adds some attitude to the party, while “LA Devotee” is an electro surf into another majestic Urie chorus.