first single from the s/t was "now" so i'd say it was less than perfect
"Now" ruled, and it was kind of a perfect lead single to the extent that there really was no one, completely representative song from that album, so you might as well just toss something quick and striking out there. ("Ain't It Fun" was the album's takeaway single, but it wouldn't have been as big of a hit if it had been released first; it needed time).
Anyway, so I'd been hoping "Hard Times" would be like "Now," a one-off stylistic tangent on another album filled with them. But that cover screams "nah we're all in on this lol Duran Duran vibe."
― Evan R, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:23 (seven years ago) link
"now" ruling is revisionist history, much as i've grown to like it ok contextually bc the album hanging around it rules
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:26 (seven years ago) link
feel like i'm more likely to hear "still into you" than "ain't it fun" in the wild in 2017 but this is based on anecdotal evidence
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:27 (seven years ago) link
In my experience, it's the reverse.
I'm hoping for a variety of styles on the album as well.
― how's life, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
also i hate to be like "read the tea leaves to determine the mood of the record" but that ascap leak upthread implies aaron weiss is on this record and i can't imagine him sing-talking over exposé's "point of no return"
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
something about this new song is reminding me of foals at their poppiest (i.e. my number)
― jay kay huysmans (NickB), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:32 (seven years ago) link
album cover is the long lost single art for amy grant's "hats" y/n
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:34 (seven years ago) link
Foals comparison otm, though Foals never quite pushed the sound into shtick territory the way this song (also video, album cover) does
― Evan R, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:38 (seven years ago) link
foals never wrote a song this good let's all relax
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:42 (seven years ago) link
I was in love with "Now" at first exposure, because I kinda dug dance-punk back in the day, and the track pulled off the trick of improving on that style by adding some extra tension and mass, and putting a distinctive stamp on it with that very alterna-rock conclusion. Big song in a compact package, even if it was an odd singles choice.
I don't think this song improves on its inspirations in the same way, though it does personalize them in a similar way. Song seems strangely cynical in a way, like this is their attempt to "Uptown Funk" Dire Straits
― Evan R, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:46 (seven years ago) link
If anything, I would say it's their attempt to "Get Lucky" the Talking Heads, but it's better than that imo.
― how's life, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 19, 2017 7:42 AM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao otm
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:57 (seven years ago) link
paramore, the vintage contemporaries edition
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, April 19, 2017 8:24 AM
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 15:19 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSn2K3eciSc
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
Taylor York, can you stop being so hot
thx
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
I def doubt the whole album will sound same-y. Unless the band completely changed since s/t (I mean they have changed, Farro is back, even co-writing some tracks, but that certainly does not suggest everything sounding like this). Modern Paramore is very much a group that feels playful and eager to explore the border between pop and rock in all kinds of ways.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
find it very difficult to not play air synths during that vocoder/synth phrase at the end of "hard times"
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 16:46 (seven years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/arts/music/paramore-hayley-williams-after-laughter-interview.html?_r=0
it's a pop album, my friends
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 19 April 2017 17:02 (seven years ago) link
Modern Paramore is very much a group that feels playful and eager to explore the border between pop and rock in all kinds of ways.
Yeah they're doing this better than anyone else. I see rock as a little more of a commodity rn, since so few are doing it well, but their past gambits have paid off so I'll happily take a pop album
― Evan R, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
Looks like I made a mistake reading the YouTube comments on "Hard Times." I forget the ideal of purity their most fervent fans believe in.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
I want these sunglasses.
http://i.makeagif.com/media/4-19-2017/tzUSVz.gif
― how's life, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
The only track of theirs I rep for is / ain't it fun / which is transcendent. However much I was ready to love this one, it seems to be missing some magic.
― calstars, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 20:09 (seven years ago) link
im obsessed w/ this song
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 20 April 2017 04:27 (seven years ago) link
Same. I heard it six times on the plane.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 April 2017 07:02 (seven years ago) link
love this song
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, 20 April 2017 07:32 (seven years ago) link
yeah I came around on listen 4 or so
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 20 April 2017 08:00 (seven years ago) link
last 45 seconds of this sounds like a robot version of shut up and let me go by the ting tings
― jay kay huysmans (NickB), Thursday, 20 April 2017 09:02 (seven years ago) link
this was very instant for me and it reminds me of something off the last La Roux album
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 20 April 2017 09:08 (seven years ago) link
Taylor York, can you stop being so hotthx― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, April 19, 2017 11:38 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, April 19, 2017 11:38 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
His haircut reminds me of one of the NKOTB guys and he does some great mugging in the video.
― how's life, Thursday, 20 April 2017 12:04 (seven years ago) link
Love this single. Am I the only one getting massive Alphabeat vibes from the song and video?
― kitchen person, Thursday, 20 April 2017 13:47 (seven years ago) link
― how's life,
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/2e/52/ff/2e52ff9568955e8c9f21829dcf84d8dd.jpg
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 April 2017 13:48 (seven years ago) link
I'd been thinking Jordan, actually, but I had remembered his hair as being curlier than it actuallly was.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/02/0e/5a/020e5a2b645d3f7134af044a718c69ca.jpg
― how's life, Thursday, 20 April 2017 13:58 (seven years ago) link
HARDTIMES
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 April 2017 14:02 (seven years ago) link
XD
― how's life, Thursday, 20 April 2017 14:11 (seven years ago) link
this is really good and yeah it sounds EXACTLY like Alphabeat's first album
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 20 April 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
Part one of an interview with Zane Lowe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Qb2qj58wQ
― how's life, Thursday, 20 April 2017 18:43 (seven years ago) link
this maybe is an unfavorable comparison, but the track reminds of "You've Changed" by Sia (with Nick Valensi on guitars)
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, 20 April 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
For no reason whatsoever this song and video both remind me of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3RpfKCPc00
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Friday, 21 April 2017 12:26 (seven years ago) link
So yeah this is their new sound and they're sticking to it. Another good track though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=189&v=yw-RPm1uOM4
― Evan R, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
I wonder if this is the track that's gonna get the bigger push on alt radio, while "Hard Times" goes for the top 40 spins
― Evan R, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link
that song rules
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
paramore's de·pres·sion
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:16 (seven years ago) link
So psyched for the album now.
― how's life, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:40 (seven years ago) link
these songs are produced really well. all the instruments are crisp.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
they seem to be having fun. this is good
― Spottie, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
Hard Times went from 'ok' to 'great' after a day and I love this immediately
― ufo, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
after staring lovingly at Taylor's mugging iirc
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 22:15 (seven years ago) link
New one is good too. I haven't been a fan in the past but I definitely saw some of the appeal of the last album.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 4 May 2017 04:25 (seven years ago) link
https://imgur.com/CuHNJL8 <3
― qualx, Thursday, 4 May 2017 04:28 (seven years ago) link
I'm really enjoying the new song, but this part is nagging me a little.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEB6ibtdPZc&feature=youtu.be&t=3m3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw-RPm1uOM4&feature=youtu.be&t=2m40s
― how's life, Thursday, 4 May 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link