Petals for Armor/Last of Paramore?

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?

plagiarism accusations on Twitter

as her legacy is echoed on repeat. #educationalhttps://t.co/G4A1lyXRkr@yelyahwilliams vs @_iamamiwhoami_ | @ionnalee pic.twitter.com/qapEUGXt66

— iambountyfan (@iambountyfan) February 7, 2020

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/

aaaahhhhh

Tour dates are up!

intimate shows. been craving the closeness a long time.

love to @theninthewave_ for joining me overseas and to @arloparks for coming with me stateside. 💐

tix go on sale next friday, 3/13 @ 10am local. https://t.co/hdIjfLstFb pic.twitter.com/ee1QP8rXa4

— hayley from Paramore 🌺 (@yelyahwilliams) March 5, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoLYNVLsu-g&feature=youtu.be

Simmer remix by Caroline Polachek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoLYNVLsu-g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRA6xocqmow

boygenius on backing vocals

goes on a bit, not bad though

this is the most in rainbows-esque one yet lol. i like it a lot though it is a little longer than it maybe needs to be?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5xEWeYdryU

like this a lot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81CGKkR73o

brilliant, again

OK, have not been following the singles releases since about mid-March when the world started falling the fuck apart. But apparently Hayley has been getting shit from some people online about the unorthodox release schedule. In response, she tweeted this video:

my album Petals For Armor drops - in full - May 8th 🌺

listen to Parts l & ll now, wherever you get your internet music. https://t.co/i3uc4v9mQ5 pic.twitter.com/FjDrN868Kw

— hayley from Paramore 🌺 (@yelyahwilliams) April 20, 2020

And over the past couple days, some people on /r/paramore are just about shitting their beds over her calling out "men" about this. This thread in particular is just a nightmare, but there are a few others:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paramore/comments/g4w610/hayley_on_pfa_release_criticism/

I dunno man. Maybe it'll just be a passing thing and blow over in a day or two, but it's weirding me out and giving me GamerGate vibes. I've been active on that sub since the last album came out and it feels like these butthurt dudes are just coming out of the woodwork.

heh, i like her chutzpah. fuck anyone who takes offense to that.

oh my god "Hard Times" was released around this time three years ago.

I'm still wondering why I even try.

this new one could be from 'after laughter'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4zNFMCoED0

Wow, I love that one, probably my favourite of the tracks released so far.

So far? Will there be a PfA III then?

yes five more tracks to go

I thought I heard that she's saving the tracks from the third EP until the actual release date on 5/8.

overwhelmingly brilliant record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jC-iHdy41k

this is the best one

I stopped listening after EP1 was completed. I was planning to wait until my triple 10" box set comes in, but apparently that's not going to be until the end of June. :/

would do virtual happy hour with Taylor York

i'm very excited for everybody on ilx to hear "sugar on the rim"

this is the best one

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson)

I was just listening 'why we ever' and thought to myself that probably this one is my favourite so far.
I'm just happy that ILM confirmed my belief.

it's a lot stranger listening to all the tracks in the context of the album, it's really all over the place

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_iD28PIRey/

Ugh that's so annoying. I keep trying to listen to that and no matter what I do, it rewinds to the beginning of the interview when I click away from the tab.

Is there an instagram setting or something where I can just let that shit play in the background?

no instagram really just sucks for video

same problem but i keep jumping back in. Fun talk!

this album is consistently decent but there's not really much i love about it or anything, it's just fine and nothing more unfortunately

i know this song came out months ago but i'm still not over the way the strings swell in "leave it alone"

all of the guitar/bass interplay on this is really lovely too cf. the bridge of "cinnamon"

I love the hell out of watching Hayley play instruments y'all.

i think im doing it 🌺 pic.twitter.com/riyJJTUsSi

— hayley from Paramore 🌺 (@yelyahwilliams) May 1, 2020

https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/in-conversation-hayley-williams.html

wow. that was great.

I like this album a lot, it feels like a natural evolution for her in a lot of ways. It's not as loaded with killer tunes as the last two Paramore albums, but there are plenty of good ones and I like hearing her explore different settings. You can spot the influences all day long but none of it feels too obvious or forced. Very much a "mature" album, in all kinds of ways.

Simmer is probably my favorite song of the year. I don't know that anything else on the album reaches that height but Roses/Lotus/etc is close. don't like this quite as much as After laughter which I never tire of, but it's very good.

is there a plan to release a 'III' EP or is it just I + II and now the full album's out?