paramore: paramore

Yeah, I found I'm wasn't so enthusiastic about this first listen. Reminded of No Doubt at times in not a good way.

I want to clarify that by stating that Brand New Eyes is still a regular go to album for me. Love it more and more over time.

Evan R is otm as far as my first impressions of this album goes - I wanted some tunes with that 'canned heaviness' and the super sharp sound they had. Love BNE.. admittedly I did expect a departure since they specifically talked about some of my favorite songs as types this wouldn't include.

Getting over that there's a lot of enjoy and they still sound like Paramore frequently. Take away the interludes and I can't find too many weakness, really. It's good. Wouldn't mind if Hayley got a bit angry again for their next release, tho.

i think it's her voice, it's the same tone all the time

There's some truth to this. Also think it's her phrasing, too. She falls back on the same phrasing a lot, which can make even dissimilar songs bleed together

Brand New Eyes is still my favorite, but the more time I spend with this one I'm glad it's not a straight reduxe. That album was so tight and focused, but I'm enjoying how loose and leisurely this one is.

i was really disappointed with brand new eyes at the time bc after how sharp and individual "ignorance" sounded the rest seemed kind of uniform and dull

got over that eventually, but that's definitely not an issue with this record

The chorus to 'Proof' really does it for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pC_-rhKaO0

idk why everything i hear by this band just slides off my brain when stuff in the same ballpark by lindsay lohan, ashlee simpson etc ends up as all-time classic jams

listening now and, like when i listened to their last one, nooooooothing is sticking

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, April 5, 2013 11:13 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I wonder if at least one point of distinction is that Lindsay, Ashlee etc. are stars - both in the literal sense of being celebrities but also in that their music is organised around their personalities which the songs present as exceptional, or at least exemplary - they feel the pain that we feel, but they feel it more intensely than we do, they feel it for us.

Whereas I feel with Hayley it's like, she kinda only exists as the personality of the song, I take away no particular interest in her as a fully functioning coherent identity distinct from what she brings to each song. And yet she fills each song completely and perfectly.

I SHOULD BE OVER ALL THE BUTTERFLIIIIIIIIIIES

i really have no idea of ashlee as a celebrity, when i first heard her all i knew was that she was the sister of another pop star i didn't care about much. still don't, really.

listening to paramore i always feel like the singer and personality are buried pretty deeply in the mix, to the songs' detriment

like she may well be selling the song but it's so indistinct that i almost can't hear her properly

xxpost YES that line is awesome.

Also abcfsk knows what's up w/r/t "Proof".

I'm not saying you care about Ashlee b/c she's literally a celebrity, I'm saying her music is designed to emphasise her personality. Whereas I think Paramore's music does something else - I'd cautiously agree with "the singer and personality are buried pretty deeply in the mix" except I don't think it's detrimental.

More like, Hayley's performance are just an extension of the song qua song, like a guitar solo or awesome drum attack.

performances even.

i suspect that it might take a proper big hit to make them click with me à la carly rae jepsen

(who also only exists as the personality of the song)

lots of thematic agreements amongst hayley's songs tho, espesh from brand new eyes on when half of them become about the band (but still tie in to pre-tumult obsessions like self-doubt and fear of being a bad person and faith or unfaith in people or god and her near-religious belief in the importance of being in a rock band). they aren't a Lyrics Band and hayley's not a great writer but if you know specifically what feelings she's overcoming by willing herself to be a rock star sometimes it's more thrilling.

"proof" is my favorite on here i think.

Yes Carly is a very good point of comparison for the distinction I was thinking of!

Did you ever hear "Misery Business" though? That was their big hit in the US (I think due to appearing in Twilight).

lots of thematic agreements amongst hayley's songs tho, espesh from brand new eyes on when half of them become about the band (but still tie in to pre-tumult obsessions like self-doubt and fear of being a bad person and faith or unfaith in people or god and her near-religious belief in the importance of being in a rock band). they aren't a Lyrics Band and hayley's not a great writer but if you know specifically what feelings she's overcoming by willing herself to be a rock star sometimes it's more thrilling.

yes absolutely, but I think this almost heightens the effect I'm referring to? It's like she's spirit animal of the band's music.

i've heard "misery business" but can't remember anything about it, every paramore song i've heard i've had to actively go seeking out - they've never had any hit big enough for me to have heard in the wild

totally! xp

FTR Lex I don't really expect you to change your mind on this regardless of what you hear. I was asking about "Misery Business" because I expected that you'd have heard it and still have been underwhelmed.

"Misery Business" was huge over here, though very belatedly. I heard it on the radio constantly. Was Twilight hype not a big deal in the UK?

big but ignorable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRixVfrXhXs

The lyrics may be better on this album but BNE was so.. interesting. The way it was pitched as a 'we're over our troubles' album but the lyrics were clearly full of anger and spite and conflict, which turned out to reflect the mood of the band. Add what dlh mentions about added conflict with her faith and you end up with an album where I was constantly listening to the lyrics when ipodding the album on my way to work.

http://yelyahwilliams.tumblr.com/post/47380538039

misery business was pre-twilight

Yes but in Australia it only became big after the film. Australia and the UK tend to be analogous in such things. Obv that doesn't apply to the US.

music video coming in tonight

http://instagram.com/p/X0zQVbnTsp/

god, "ain't it fun"

my only thoughts on this album so far because i can't get past this song

dittttto

My song of the year so far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OblL026SvD4

so much better than the now video

so much better than the now video

The two deluxe bonus tracks are good.

the way she pronounces "bubble" on "ain't it fun" is fucking weird as hell tho

it sounds like "beelblew"

This album's stylistic sprawl makes me wonder how much material Paramore wrote/recorded for the album that didn't get used. Feels like they could be sitting on almost an album's worth of awesome extras

all the butterfliiiiiiiies

^lots of ppl making tswift references which i don't totally get, i made a tiny los campesinos! ref because i like to do that but today i've been thinking about just how apt a reference they are

um. i didn't realize everyone was making taylor references?

los campesinos! are sonically pretty apt.

i brought up taylor because of the particular subject matter of this song, which is something that...i dunno. not many other people do?

there are lots of pop songs about seduction or breakups but songs about blissful uncomplicated love, new or old or otherwise seem slightly less present these days? maybe i'm being crazy. anyway other than this track and some taylor stuff and the delightful new ariana grande froth that flips a big pun sample i can't think of many recent happy love songs. cher lloyd had a few last year or the year before? mindless behaviour and one direction maybe? but boybands still seem walled off from the pop mainstream in north america in ways that paramore no longer do?

anyway, this is great this album is great, the back half has opened up to me 'Proof' is wonderful, even the ballads are evoking feelings from me. wonderful stuff.

Love every track on this now. Even the interludes.

it wasn't a knock alex! i was just surprised to see so many refs when nothing in the song struck me as particularly swifty until i read the blurbs

http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad8311adbe99eed4000e05d7bfd2bba9/tumblr_ml0n11lBI41qd67gpo2_500.png

Thug life

it always seemed like a self-evidently great album, but the fact that it's help up this well makes it even more remarkable.

so otm

now when you say you wanna slow down
does it mean you wanna slow dance?
maybe you just want a little extra time to focus
on our romance?

Huh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-2vYI7cnaQ

I finally like this album! It only took a few years.

hard to believe we ever got a song as good as “grow up”

we get alonnnnnnnng

this is the best album ever made

"part II" is my fave

“part ii” is perfect, a sequel song that renders the original pointless

i mean i like “let the flames begin” but let’s be real

this is the best album ever made

― jolene club remix (BradNelson)

I support this message.

Living in the rw

Whaddaya gonna do when the world don’t open up around you?

AN-KLE-BI-TERS

fall in love with yourself

just like i claim i am

― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, December 8, 2015 6:32 AM bookmarkflaglink

Somethings just, somethings just make sense and one of those is that this is the best album ever