Petals for Armor/Last of Paramore?

Boy, is that great. Great video, too. (Song pairs well with the new Pearl Jam ...)

I hope my daughter likes this.

I happily listened to it like 10 times in a row yesterday. m bison, what are your lame comparisons? I hear a little Kate Bush and Alanis Morissette in the vocals in various parts.

My bestie said St Vincent

good call.

Yup, this is great. I hear those Kate Bush echoes too (which seem to be everywhere the last few years), but the pulsing beat is a new and welcome thing.

i like this better than any st vincent i've ever heard

m bison, what are your lame comparisons? I hear a little Kate Bush and Alanis Morissette in the vocals in various parts.

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kate bush! and latter-era radiohead.

oh and the breathy part reminds me of tour de france by kraftwerk

I love this

xp: I had been thinking Meredith Monk, but Tour de France is probably closer.

Also the one-note humming sample reminds me of the "ha ha ha ha" from O Superman. See also the harmonized vocals on "con-trol" and "eyes closed" in the chorus, although Hayley isn't nearly as vocodored.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAKKNncsf20

little coda for the video. more horror imagery. i'm... very happy

Cool!

is everybody ready for another new song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3WJjuG1yNQ

this is even more low-key and Radiohead-y!

"now that i finally wanna live / the ones i love are dying"

Holy shit, Hayley! Can't wait to listen to this.

(the "holy shit" because I'm surprised that she released another one this soon)

i wasn't as big on "simmer" as the rest of you but this one is really nice

Both fantastic. This one is reminiscent of Radiohead, but also, like, a creepy understated Tori Amos b-side (“Honey”, maybe?).

Not a cover of the Living Colour song to my immense disappointment.

Another great song and video. She's a very good music video actor!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awaBRW-Dj70

think this album is getting released in chunks. first one seems like it'll be out friday

Pre-orders out tomorrow and here's the album cover.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQD4kywWAAI0O4R?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

i believe we're getting two new songs tomorrow, "cinnamon" and "creepin'"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x7jORhJntM

seems like the first five tracks are on streaming services rn

(actually just apple music so far?)

These videos and songs have all been incredible so far.

ok now it's filtered to spotify

"creepin'" is so awesome

and "sudden desire" is the best one yet

cinnamon is kinda roisiny

"cinnnamon" is also kinda tune-yardsy

"creepin" rules though

This is the most ILM record ever (even after just 5 songs).

The next song released will be about how much she loves balloons.

"Cinnamon" is not bad.

lol xp

Not feeling "Cinnamon." Agree w/the Tune-Yards comment. "Creepin'" is better but the total batch here hasn't been as exciting to me as I expected given how big of a Paramore fan I've been since Riot!

Huh, I'm almost the opposite, in that I love all of this new stuff. But then, I've only really gotten into the last couple of Paramore records. Regardless, I love how these new songs *sound*. Who produced, is that all Taylor York?

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Who produced, is that all Taylor York?

"Simmer" for sure

it's all taylor york

I need to discuss it with him over Negronis.

The drummer is great, who is it?

aaron steel apparently

i was trying to get sound off that but is the claim just about the images in the video?

(I don't mean 'just about', that's all pretty blatant; wonder who directed it?)

I'm on board for everything but Sudden Desire. "simmer" likely to be a top ten end of year contender.

https://www.stereogum.com/2075640/hayley-williams-album-features-a-song-with-boygenius/news/

Fair enough. Could be that it's just not for you! I find the first half or so to be really compelling. The back half has some very good moments too, but also, I am never going to going to listen to 18 tracks of this, Ms. Williams.

I listened to most of the new one ("Ego Death ...") and it sounded kinda generic to me. I really, really liked the Petals For Armor stuff, which was quirkier.

I don't think I need to return to this in the long-term, nothing unpleasant, just unremarkable. I did smile at the idea of keeping some space on a 18-track album to do a cover of Discovery Channel.

Hayley and producer Daniel James were on Tape Notes this week, discussing the making of Kill Me, Love Me Different, and Parachute. Pretty fun episode.

https://tapenotes.co.uk/project/tn166-hayley-williams-daniel-james

Can't stop listening to this, and "Good Ol' Days" is an amazing addition.

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

was sort of unmoved by most of this new material (though i'm overdue to try again), but i ADORE the newest song

hayley williams shoegaze supremacy

ok yeah this record is better than i thought on first blush. still have to screen out a lot of the lyrics lol. it's fucked that i went from recoiling at "discovery channel" to thinking that's about the least embarrassing way to interpolate that song if you have to

this strikes me as the actual follow-up to petals for armor. lots of genre play and bold choices. i might still prefer descansos as a mood piece and a set of songs but

"showbiz" is absolutely the best song tho. can't believe it was a second bonus track

I thought her "Discovery Channel" sounded a lot like Fugazi's "Blueprint," but minus the catharsis.

Earlier this year, I blathered quite a bit about The Happy Fits in other threads. And just to be clear, their new album continues to kick my ass. Hand to god, I can't stop listening. But I thought it was a very cool revelation that, when she was a teenager, their guitarist, Raina Mullen, was one of those fortunate youthful hopefuls who had been pulled up on stage to sing the Misery Business lyrics.

Also, she did not succeed in procuring Hayley solo tickets and cried. :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zXYi8njrQQ

the new kathleen hanna podcast where she interviewed hayley was naturally fantastic

listening now - they're having a really good time! thanks for the suggestion

Sorry if this was already shared but just caught Hayley w/ Jeff Tweedy on Colbert from a couple of weeks ago doing "Ffunny Friends" and was extremely impressed with her theramin solo.