Announced Vices & Virtues

The band re-entered the studio in early 2010 and spent much of the year recording the group’s third studio album. During this time, touring bassist Dallon Weekes joined the band’s official lineup along with Urie and Smith, making the band a three-piece. Although Weekes did not perform on the upcoming album, he was responsible for the conceptualization of the album’s cover art and was also featured on the album cover, masked and standing in the background behind Smith and Urie. On January 18, 2011, the band revealed that an album titled Vices & Virtues would officially be released on March 22, 2011. The album was produced by Butch Walker and John Feldmann . The record’s first single, ” The Ballad of Mona Lisa “, was released digitally on February 1, 2011, with the music video being released February 8, 2011. Vices & Virtues was officially released on March 22, 2011, to relatively positive critical reviews.