Panic! At The Disco Are Back With “The Ballad Of Mona Lisa”

Becky Bain | January 21, 2011 11:57 am

While the two former members of Panic! At The Disco have wandered off into their own indie-leaning duo The Young Veins, the remaining men in the pop-punk band, Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith, are picking things up again. They’re prepping their third album (and their first as a duo), Vices & Virtues, and today we get to hear a new track, “The Ballad Of Mona Lisa.” Jump below to listen.

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Vices And Virtues drops March 29, and “The Ballad Of Mona Lisa” will be available for download February 1.