in which paramore make combat rock: THIS IS WHY (2023) album discussion thread

hard times

Seeing a repeated report (from not the greatest source--The Sun) that they're rerecording 'Paramore's Versions ' of their entire catalogue.

They should record an album of Taylor Swift covers and call it "Paramore's Versions of Taylor's Versions." And then Taylor should re-record those, and Paramore *those*, and so on, until it's just a series of hums a la Alvin Lucier.

If true, it's funny that they had a 360 deal that <didn't> have a 'no rerecording' clause.

Looks like they've covered Burning Down The House for a new Talking Heads tribute album

We've got a tape we'd like to play you. 16 tracks from 16 artists. Track 1: Paramore. Coming soon pic.twitter.com/8fM6OLzrkY

— A24 (@A24) January 10, 2024

Talk about trading down...

https://www.stereogum.com/2248326/paramore-cancel-more-festival-appearances-replaced-by-kings-of-leon/news/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrjHhIGl90I

they bodied this

Is that good? But yeah, the cover is good, as far as pretty faithful covers go.

I don't actually know what Record Store Day Ambassadors are, but Paramore are one now.

After a long career in the music industry we have decided to announce that… we are going to continue to have a long career in the music industry (sorry for any inconvenience).

Our first order of business as a freshly independent Paramore is to shine a light on independent record stores— a vital part of our journey from music obsessed school friends to professional music makers.

With that being said, we are humbled to be your Ambassadors for Record Store Day 2024. The timing feels kismet.

The discovery of music was always meant to be romantic. Indie record shops are some of the only spaces we’ve got that offer a tangible, tactile experience of music discovery.

In this world that feels more disconnected and hostile than ever, it feels important to remain in touch (literally) with what inspires us, empowers us, or simply brings us joy.

Thankfully, for all our sakes, there still survives among the chaos, the purity and radical simplicity of a great record store.

so was that remix album just a quickie to get them out of their deal

RSD Ambassadors work as the "face(s)" of that year's campaign, so they do press, appear in materials (posters, window decals etc.) distributed in advance to participating stores, and usually have one or more RSD exclusives devoted to them.

https://deadline.com/2024/02/paramore-tennessee-house-resolution-grammy-wins-allison-russell-snub-1235829012/

Paramore has announced that they “will not accept any acknowledgement or honor from the TN House” for its Grammy wins after a lawmaker objected to similar honors for singer/songwriter Allison Russell.

The group accuse Tennessee’s Republican-led House of Representatives of “blatant racism” after a lawmaker paused a resolution honoring Black singer-songwriter Russell’s recent Grammy win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-3_3fWC1vg

if you're an emo band that put out an album last year, it's time to release a video for your closing track

great video though, perfectly matches the eeriness of the song

weird coincidence that i watched that just after reading the passage in the History of SST Records book about D. Boon's passing.

a message from hayley, on Discord pic.twitter.com/b8jGj8KsUd

— jen (@YELYAHG00N) March 1, 2024

here's hoping they are making their Ditch Trilogy

I was volunteering somewhere the other day, and one of the younger AmeriCorps employees was playing music, most of which was kind of gently quirky or nondescript emo/indie, none of which I recognized (or at least could identify). Then "This Is Why" came on ... and she walked right over to her phone and skipped it! I was shocked.