Blog: PopMatters

Newsday (MCT) -- The Academy Is ... isn't afraid of taking chances. Each of the Chicago band's albums features a different approach to pop-leaning rock, and its new EP, "Lost in Pacific Time" (Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen), is another musical left turn. Singer William Beckett said the band members are proud of the new EP because they produced it themselves and recorded much of it on the road - in the opening of "Days Like Masquerades," you can hear...