Petals for Armor/Last of Paramore?

not-so-crazy coincidence xp

please don't be Jack Antonoff.

So who are the "friends" she referred to in that initial announcement

super-stealth MCR marketing....very sly

So who are the "friends" she referred to in that initial announcement

turns out: taylor york and touring paramore member joey howard

alfred to thread

lol. So it's Hayley and Taylor and [insert rotating cast member here].

possibly the most confusingly designated solo project ever but i'm very excited for what's essentially another paramore album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lSj5k2K7w0

this fucking rules

getting serious jenn wasner vibes

yeah, way lower-key than I was expecting in a nice way

I love this

petals for armor out may 8, produced by taylor york

“I’m so ready and so incredibly humbled to get to share this project,” says Williams. “Making it was a scary, empowering experience. Some of my proudest moments as a lyricist happened while writing ‘PETALS FOR ARMOR.’ And I was able to get my hands a little dirtier than usual when it came to instrumentation. I’m in a band with my favorite musicians so I never really feel the need to step into a role as a player when it comes to Paramore records. This project, however, benefited from a little bit of musical naïveté and rawness and so I experimented quite a bit more. I made this with some of the closest people to me. Their respective talents really shine bright throughout the record. I like to think we all make each other better and the result is something that sounds and FEELS exactly as I’d hoped it would. Now that it’s time to put it all out there, I can finally exhale. I’m excited to let people in to experience a different side of myself that I’ve only very recently become familiar with.”

Hayley playing instruments is something I've been hoping for for a while.

I still don't know the difference between this and a new Paramore album but whatever I'm excited who cares

man this was so satisfying. nothing i expected yet exactly what i wanted

Give in.

best song i heard this year.

yes

holy shit i love this 100% but have rly lame comparisons so i wont do it

alfred to thread

― american bradass (BradNelson)

YO

https://www.theadultman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/manly-cocktails.jpg

this is fucking great

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.

― ☮️ (peace, man), Friday, January 24, 2020 11:50 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo_WZ5hx1ls

Hayley hand-delivered a CD of this song a fan with the express purpose of leaking it.

this track is great

FLOWERS for VASES / descansos — 2.5.21 🥀 pic.twitter.com/si6SZq595t

— hayley from Paramore 🥀 (@yelyahwilliams) February 4, 2021

New record tomorrow.

hayleymore

Record as in album?!

Or just a new song? xp

let's hope it's 15 minutes shorter than the first one. i speak as someone who has literally just now sat through the whole thing and enjoyed much of it

either that or make the eclecticism work a hair better. turn that 7/10 album into an 8 or a 9 I believe in u Hayley

wait I gave it 6 in the end, I am cruel lol

the new material is v promising

FLOWERS for VASES / descansos is a full album. 14 tracks and 42 minutes. listening now

13 minutes shorter. acceptable

first track is really lovely

Awesome xps

FLOWERS for VASES / descansos is a full album. 14 tracks and 42 minutes. listening now

― ufo, Thursday, February 4, 2021 9:14 AM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

13 minutes shorter. acceptable

― imago, Thursday, February 4, 2021 9:15 AM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I'm feeling this.

so far it's predominantly an acoustic singer-songwriter album and i'm enjoying it much more than petals for armor

https://i.imgur.com/mZBl1nG.jpg

overall: nice enough, a few really lovely tracks, certainly better as a whole than petals for armor

well thats saying something since I think P4A was one of the best albums of last year

The next Paramore album should be called "Paramore Is Still a Band."

"paramore is a band" (as opposed to hayley&co) was a constant refrain when they were still active as well. part of their dramatic landscape, slight overprotestation and all. wouldn't be a bad title no.

putting this on omgggggg

wait maybe i'm not

apparently there were breakup rumours yet again so i think hayley is getting a little tired of those lol

love me some hayley

The next Paramore album should be called "Paramore Is Still a Band."

Or "Paramore's Got Their Own Album To Do"

where'd it leak? not on the slsk

it's already out in certain countries

v difficult to find yes but i only have to wait eleven hours at this point

yeah, this is more like it

"trigger" ;_;

"no use i just do"!!!!

these songs are beautiful!!!!

I can already tell this is the kinda record I'm not gonna want to put on front to back very often but the right track at the right time is gonna hurt me

yeah, same

"over those hills" almost sounds like late-period cardigans to me

"kyrh" is devastating

Realize this probably sounds intentionally contrarian but I'm enjoying Flowers for Vases way more than I ever took to Petals (which outside of "Simmer" never landed for me). Yes, some of these tracks can feel like sketches but there's some downright lovely music and emotions here that are laid bare in a truly intimate recording.

I'm kind of obsessed with "Over These Hills." What a perfect, simple (but not too simple -- that modulation is key!) little song.

I never got around to listening to this. When it came out, I had grown pretty tired of Petals for Armor and wasn't really interested in an acoustic singer-songwriter version of same. But today, I decided I needed an autumnal album and this one was easy to reach for. Just listened to it twice. It was just what I needed and a lot better than I expected.