paramore - after laughter - recording and anticipation

So this album has been a sales flop eh

btw riot! came out ten years ago today

So this album has been a sales flop eh

I was hoping that "Hard Times" or "Told You So" would end up as a slow-burn hit the way "Ain't It Fun" did but I guess that's looking unlikely

they rushed the promo cycle on this record intentionally but its floppability may have been out of their hands anyway

I will never understand the mechanics of what gets to be a pop hit tbh

i'm surprised "hard times" didn't catch

i'm telling you, pop radio is allergic to women who don't sound catatonic these days

Even Katy Perry replacing Williams couldn't stop this from tumbling out of the top fifty. And Perry's next.

maura otm. "Ain't It Fun" wouldn't reach the top ten in 2017 if RCA sent 20 grams of coke to every programmer.

there are three women in the top 20 (not a typo) this week and two of them are muses for edm dudes

http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100

fuck -- "Bad Liar" is done.

"Fake Happy" is my favourite track

Can we discuss how beautifully -- how intricately -- York layers those guitar parts on "Told You So"? At least three riffs, each playing something different, and Williams has a melody line for'em all. The thing is like a cuckoo clock.

& they didn't even need 500 years of democracy and peace

Should be pretty easy to get rid of.

wouldn't kick it with you after you hit that ground

I tried to convince a skeptical peer of this album's genius by playing him "Told You So" and he replied with "bridge is OK, rest is meh" and now I truly understand rage

that person is not your peer. treat them as the sub-human refuse that they are.

i'm telling you, pop radio is allergic to women who don't sound catatonic these days

― maura, Monday, June 12, 2017 5:08 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this makes me sad, although it was a youth female that recommended me this album in the first place, so hope 4 the future

has it been remarked that "forgiveness" sounds like a christine mcvie-penned FM song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fUQc48x8Gc

holy god

fuck me up

hmm, what other covers can i summon...

DON'T YOU THINK IT'S WEIRD HOW "TOLD YOU SO" SOUNDS LIKE STEVE REICH'S "TEHILLIM"???

I don’t really care about Fleetwood Mac. They should play some Staind.

your mom should play some staind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqoj_3r9oqg

she sounds terrific

I still haven't caught up with the new one. Loved the self-titled record though. This one is a bit more synthy, no?

you might say so

Can't look back/Can't look too far ahead

About what I've recently concluded is necessary for me to keep things together at all.

Hearing XTC in Idle Worship and some other songs.

top 5 of the year so far for me

same

Top 1 for me

Ha yeah, same here! I took a break from listening to it for a week or so but went back to it again today. I loved the s/t but this even tops that.

Yeah, this has become my album of the year too. It's just edging out Perfume Genius.

Still love this band but this album is tacky

You know who else is tacky?

Your MAMA

I haven't heard any other Paramore album, but I love this one. Would I enjoy their other stuff? I know this one is different...

Tacky

xp yeah you'd probably enjoy them a lot, especially the s/t album, which foreshadows some of the poppier sounds on this one. The albums before that were much more modern rock-y, but they were a best in class kinda thing for what they were

I seriously just got into a car accident about two hours ago while Hard Times was playing on my car stereo. Fortunately, nobody was hurt and I am pretty sure the other driver's insurance will have to pay (I was rear-ended while being forced to stop during a right-hand turn), but my care looks like crap even more than it did before. Some sort of sign.

This is why we don't drive on people's asses, Albuquerque.

good show. the fleetwood mac cover is really good.

Now that the album has been, alas, a resounding flop I wonder what's next.

Hopefully they're still doing well enough as a touring act that soft sales don't matter so much?

I think I'm the only one here who hates the new album, but would they still be worth seeing if I'm not into the new stuff? They're coming in December but I don't think I can take 90 minutes of polyrhythmic beach party Paramore

There are a lot of videos and setlists available from the tour. They are playing plenty of older stuff.

I had tickets to their DC show, but found out a couple weeks ahead of time that I couldn't make it. Put my tickets up for sale online and no one bought them. There were several other sellers there, all seemingly trying desperately to unload tickets and taking losses at the last minute. As far as I know none of them sold. This was my first time trying to sell tickets online, so I don't know if this is the usual experience, but I would have thought there would have been more demand for Paramore in a 3,000-seater.