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are you guys 90% done with 5more? say something.

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91%

how's life, Friday, 27 January 2017 12:52 (seven years ago) link

Is this going to be insanely ott/ambitious

Check the BNM Pitchfork track review, it says Weezer too (imago), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:04 (seven years ago) link

Coz they can't pull out of the trajectory now

Check the BNM Pitchfork track review, it says Weezer too (imago), Friday, 27 January 2017 15:05 (seven years ago) link

zac farro officially back in the band

who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link

that seems like a big deal

Spottie, Thursday, 2 February 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link

i guess ilan rubin might be a better drummer technically than farro but farro's work has a pretty specific personality that i missed on the s/t initially. his fills on "ignorance" are wild imo

who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link

also idk what happened but his playing generally leveled-up on brand new eyes in every way imo, all of those drum tracks are furious

who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link

Drumming on "ignorance" is insane good.

Tim F, Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link

yeah, his drumming helps make that record, along with that big overblown production that for some reason I hated on every other '00s rock record except that one

Evan R, Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:36 (seven years ago) link

They realized a two person band would look a little underwhelming on the cover.

abcfsk, Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:44 (seven years ago) link

lol

who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:45 (seven years ago) link

aren't they a couple though, that opens up absurdly cutesy/nauseating/lovely possibilities

I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:45 (seven years ago) link

?

who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:47 (seven years ago) link

The two dudes are so cute.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:49 (seven years ago) link

hayley is married to chad gilbert from new found glory. she dated josh farro back in the day and the breakup went horribly and that's what brand new eyes is about and it's why the farro brothers left the band

xpost

who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:49 (seven years ago) link

:/

I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:49 (seven years ago) link

I don't think they'd cover up the end of a romantic relationship by saying really mean things about how Hayley ran and controlled the band (and also how unchristian she was) so I doubt that's why they left the band.

abcfsk, Thursday, 2 February 2017 21:58 (seven years ago) link

I don't think they'd cover up the end of a romantic relationship by saying really mean things about how Hayley ran and controlled the band (and also how unchristian she was)

oh yeah i'm realllly abbreviating history there but idk i think a huge reason they left is that literally every lyric on brand new eyes is kinda like "fuck u josh"

who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 22:00 (seven years ago) link

also from what i remember about it at the time the farro bros "we're leaving the band" letter was super like... terrible bad faith shit

who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 22:02 (seven years ago) link

tbh maybe my idea of why they left was baseless speculation at the time and i've just carried that in my head for so long that i thought it was true so nm

who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 22:03 (seven years ago) link

I didn't follow the personal drama b/c I'm too old and indifferent but the fact they made their best album without those dudes has gotta burn a little. Paramore was good precisely because it was the kind of record they probably couldn't have made with two devout Warped Tour loyalists in the band

Evan R, Thursday, 2 February 2017 22:08 (seven years ago) link

Reminds me--on a much, much larger scale--of what happened with Q and Not U back in the day. They were a good band, then they dumped their bassist and made a big show of how they'd dumped their bassist and it really seemed to energize them and open the door to all sorts of new possibilities. This was like that but on more of a Fleetwood Mac scale

Evan R, Thursday, 2 February 2017 22:10 (seven years ago) link

xp I think the lyrics point to that intimate conflict and also more generally about the tension in the band, sometimes specifically so ("I can't believe we almost hung it up", and then some of them did, but the album pretends they can move on as long as the last jabs are hers (re 'fuck u josh' and maybe 'fuck you zac and, jeremy, and i'm not so great either (but taylor seems like he's always been the nice guy))

Echoing the love for Farro's BNE drums and hope there's some aggression on the new album to make use of them

abcfsk, Thursday, 2 February 2017 22:11 (seven years ago) link

xp I think the lyrics point to that intimate conflict and also more generally about the tension in the band, sometimes specifically so ("I can't believe we almost hung it up", and then some of them did, but the album pretends they can move on as long as the last jabs are hers (re 'fuck u josh' and maybe 'fuck you zac and, jeremy, and i'm not so great either (but taylor seems like he's always been the nice guy))

yeah this is a more accurate portrait of what's going on in that record

who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 22:14 (seven years ago) link

The way she prods at and questions her faith in the band and Faith in general on BNE in a really aggressive way, like some hurt T Rex, over these machine gun drums and pop punk emo makes it one of my favorite _pop_ albums in general, so full of drama.

abcfsk, Thursday, 2 February 2017 22:15 (seven years ago) link

Yeah it's funny how the ostensibly very positive lyrics on "Looking Up" - at least when appearing on the same album as "Ignorance" and "Playing God" and "Feeling Sorry" - can come off as really patronising and dismissive.

Tim F, Thursday, 2 February 2017 22:16 (seven years ago) link

i don't think i realized before how indebted "turn it off" is to jimmy eat world's "work"

who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 23:27 (seven years ago) link

one month passes...

Music video shoot:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7BklLwWcAACzaF.jpg:large

New half-hour Hayley Williams interview:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzBkZHSDfj_ocW0yZjdsa0x6dTg/view

how's life, Thursday, 16 March 2017 12:32 (seven years ago) link

aaron weiss from mewithoutyou is on this record

the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 March 2017 13:29 (seven years ago) link

xp: Just got done listening to that interview. No new album news in it.

how's life, Thursday, 16 March 2017 13:41 (seven years ago) link

one month passes...

And now this:

https://twitter.com/upsetmagazine/status/854214441218527232?s=09

how's life, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 11:05 (seven years ago) link

New single tomorrow

Also means these songs will likely be on the album, from the ASCAP leak

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C64x0vPXUAAo1lK.jpg

abcfsk, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 06:11 (seven years ago) link

I guess tomorrow means today

abcfsk, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 08:32 (seven years ago) link

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/854560196164714496/i12Lg-VS.jpg

how's life, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 10:48 (seven years ago) link

!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEB6ibtdPZc

ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:09 (seven years ago) link

hmmm

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:21 (seven years ago) link

both the cover and single are certainly doing a lot of things

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:23 (seven years ago) link

sorry for the hugeness of the uh.. hideous album art

ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:23 (seven years ago) link

paramore, the vintage contemporaries edition

ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:24 (seven years ago) link

It seems like they made this song in a shameless effort to get me to like them. I'd say it only kinda worked, but I don't hate it.

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:24 (seven years ago) link

Oh shit! Yes!

how's life, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:32 (seven years ago) link

wow they really went for it with that video

some nice sounds but it's a bit weak compared to the perfect synth emo rush of the singles on the s/t?

ufo, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:52 (seven years ago) link

first single from the s/t was "now" so i'd say it was less than perfect

ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:53 (seven years ago) link

i was at first weirded out by the amount of empty space in it but now i've listened to it 500000 times so i no longer have perspective

ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:57 (seven years ago) link

V much into this

abcfsk, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 13:05 (seven years ago) link

This slams.

how's life, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 13:09 (seven years ago) link

Love it. These songs compliment each other very well and I can't wait to hear them in the context of the full record.

peace, man, Thursday, 8 December 2022 18:30 (one year ago) link

Just noticed how much she looks like British actress Amelia Bullmore. Anyway, amazing song, never given Paramore a second thought before now but I love both of these new songs.

nate woolls, Thursday, 8 December 2022 21:29 (one year ago) link

this album's gonna rule

ufo, Thursday, 8 December 2022 21:58 (one year ago) link

I like it.

Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 December 2022 21:58 (one year ago) link

The subtle little Whammy-pedal bend by Taylor in the chorus rules.

peace, man, Friday, 9 December 2022 02:50 (one year ago) link

Really like this one too. Feels like they're kind of stitching together all of the stuff they do well, the pop and the emo and the postpunk.

sounds like a great BNE evolution - really appreciate how they kept it at a tight 3 minutes.

Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 9 December 2022 06:08 (one year ago) link

three weeks pass...

these new songs are so fucking good

Murgatroid, Thursday, 5 January 2023 19:26 (one year ago) link

The newest single, c'est comme ca, is out now.

peace, man, Thursday, 12 January 2023 17:11 (one year ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tGeMr5iXoA

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 January 2023 17:11 (one year ago) link

love this, very much pro paramore going post-punk

Roz, Friday, 13 January 2023 06:45 (one year ago) link

For each song in the rollout, my initial reaction has been "I don't know. Am I on board with this? Does this do it for me?" And then I listen to it 2 or 3 more times before my mind latches onto it and after that, I listen to it for the rest of the day.

peace, man, Friday, 13 January 2023 12:28 (one year ago) link

yeah not sure about this but I didn't like after laughter at first either so I assume I'll love it soon

your original display name is still visible (Left), Friday, 13 January 2023 12:54 (one year ago) link

There’s a real cohesion in sound when you listen to all three songs in a row - feels like they’ve been listening to a lot of early 00s dance/post-punk

Hayley mentioned Dry Cleaning and Yard Act as inspirations for the latest track, which makes sense

Roz, Friday, 13 January 2023 14:06 (one year ago) link

Dry Cleaning makes sense. I've never heard Yard Act, so I'll have to give them a try. The vocals on the chorus remind me of Cansei de Ser Sexy.

peace, man, Friday, 13 January 2023 14:20 (one year ago) link

But yeah, I agree that everything makes increasing sense in context. Can't wait for the album, but I also hope we don't get any more singles before it's released.

peace, man, Friday, 13 January 2023 14:22 (one year ago) link

The vocals on the chorus remind me of Cansei de Ser Sexy.

― peace, man, Friday, January 13, 2023 7:20 AM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

haha good comparison

love the new song, everything sounds so sharp

i do hope there's at least one moment on the album where a guitar sounds like a mouth opening e.g. "future"

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 13 January 2023 14:25 (one year ago) link

Ha it does sound like Dry Cleaning. Yard Act album is good. Reminds me of Art Brut.

Indexed, Friday, 13 January 2023 15:44 (one year ago) link

The band wrote the album’s closing track, “Thick Skull,” a marked sonic departure from After Laughter, on day one. “It had these shades of a few different eras of us being music fans, loving heavy, drone-y, almost shoegaze-y moments,” says Williams, also citing York’s clashing guitar patterns, Farro’s thunderous bursts of drumming and even her own rare piano playing on the song. “I was like, ‘Man, this sounds like a band I would love.’ ”

i do hope there's at least one moment on the album where a guitar sounds like a mouth opening e.g. "future"

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, January 13, 2023 9:25 AM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink

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Fat Mike [of NOFX] used to tell people that I gave good rim jobs onstage when I was 19 years old.

Ugh. Fuck that clown.

“It’s kind of like people see us like [The] Princess Diaries,” Farro explains. “They didn’t see the beauty, but we threw off the glasses.”

Take us to film school, Zac.

peace, man, Thursday, 19 January 2023 19:41 (one year ago) link

I figured it out: Taylor grew that hair to spite me.

Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 January 2023 19:57 (one year ago) link

two weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQx8hiCHX8I

if you're impatient this is so so good. can't wait for friday

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link

Need a new album thread!

Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 21:44 (one year ago) link

many XP but wrt the heavy/drone-y quote I’ve wished for years they’d do something in the vein of “you were holding an umbrella” by Boris.

Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 21:48 (one year ago) link

well "future" isn't thaaat far off?

ufo, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 21:49 (one year ago) link

there's a whole lot of clips of listening parties floating around, don't think we're going to be disappointed

ufo, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 21:50 (one year ago) link

i was thinking more "all i wanted" but with the vocals tearing it along with the noise. but "future" is pretty much in that direction.

Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 22:26 (one year ago) link

I heard the album at work today. It's so good.

kitchen person, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 01:35 (one year ago) link

first impression is this is the greatest album of all time

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 February 2023 15:17 (one year ago) link

gonna start a new thread today

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 February 2023 15:17 (one year ago) link

this / is why / i have made a thread: in which paramore make combat rock: THIS IS WHY (2023) album discussion thread

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 February 2023 18:29 (one year ago) link


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