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PARAMORE |OT| Line up changes, emo angst, and guilty pleasures (oh, and Hayley gifs!)
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rose coloured boy is amazing.
Just finished it. My left toe was grooving for sure. Who ok'd No Friend for the final cut? Jeesh.. sounds like someone's toilet ramblings recording from the other side of the door.
Standouts:
Hard Times
Idle Worship
Fake Happy
Tell Me How
Ehh ultimately not too bad I guess. But they could be so much better. Very middling.
whatevermort
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This album is amazing. Exactly where I wanted paramore to go.
Theirs is a far better arc into pop than Fall Out Boy's.
Theirs is a far better arc into pop than Fall Out Boy's.
No Friend is awesome because it features guest vocals from Aaron Weiss of mewithoutYou. They're buried in the mix, but I am excited he had such a prominant feature in the album.
But...do you like the song? Or just the fact someone you like guested?
The song is absolute trash
NinjaBoiX
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So I've listened to it all through once, meh. It's just all sounds a bit soft and limp and even worse, a bit boring. I dunno man, it's like they made a decision to go fully pop but didn't want to sound too excited about it.
Standouts for me were definitely Pool and 26 but I could take or leave the rest.
Probably leave to be honest...
Are you serious? It's the first thing to immediately jump out at me.
Standouts for me were definitely Pool and 26 but I could take or leave the rest.
Probably leave to be honest...
Haha, it really does!
What's the big deal with Ain't It Fun? People go nuts for it, it's probably one of my least favourite from their entire catalogue.
It sounds EXACTLY like 80's pop, big on synths, heavily filtered drums, angular guitar riffs with loads of refrain, etc.
Are you serious? It's the first thing to immediately jump out at me.
NinjaBoiX
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It's not bad music, it just doesn't interest me. I like pop music but this is just too saccharine.
It's just VERY juvenile, the kind of music I'd be embarrassed by if someone caught me listening to it. I mean, they've always had a teenage demographic but this is the kind of stuff I can imagine her plugging in TeenBeat Magazine, half her face obscured by the free lollipop on the cover.
It's just VERY juvenile, the kind of music I'd be embarrassed by if someone caught me listening to it. I mean, they've always had a teenage demographic but this is the kind of stuff I can imagine her plugging in TeenBeat Magazine, half her face obscured by the free lollipop on the cover.
Hell yeah I'm series. Listen to Pat Benatar, Cyndi Lauper, or Blondie and then listen to this album. Those 80s artists had power and presence behind their voices, this album mostly lacks that which is surprising, IMO, given that seems to be a staple of Paramore songs. Most of this album just sounds like a defeated, depressed Paramore.
Never heard this song. That was pretty good.
I can't even fathom how someone can possibly feel this way about this album and not their old stuff.
Don't go cryin'
To your mama
Cuz you're on your own
In the real world
It's a masterpiece. Easily their best song and 2nd place isn't even close.
Cipher Peon
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
What the heck is that thing? Some kind of square with music inside?
its called a CD
People assume synthpop is 80s pop.
Cipher Peon
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While I'm very militant about physical games, I've only started on the physical media dealio for music recently. Only getting stuff that's really important to me kinda like my bluray policy.
So right now that means the Suicide Squad OST and After Laughter on CD. I plan on getting every other Paramore album on CD and Vinyl (even though I don't have a Vinyl player) because PARAMORE IS THE BEST BAND IN THE UNIVERSE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Nice my subterfuge worked and I passed as a millennial!
Cipher Peon
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My initial rankings
POOL IS SO AMAZINGLY PERFECT OH MY GOD
POOL IS SO AMAZINGLY PERFECT OH MY GOD
Whole album is up on their youtube page just go listen to it and see if you like it.
Astral Dog
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Beautiful
NinjaBoiX
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I do feel like this about their old stuff but to a much lesser extent, they were always "tweemo" but I dunno, they're a decent band making solid music so it never really bothered me. Self-Titled felt like experimenting with pop but with a fairly mature approach, this feels like diving head first off the stage into the Taylor Swift crowd.
I've always felt a little uneasy being into a band like Paramore as it's not the kind of stuff I usually listen to at all, but this record has sent me from uneasy to "pushed into the middle of the road naked" levels with it's bubblegum excess.
Not really, no.
What?
drtomoe123
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Man, my sister messaged me yesterday after she finished listening to the album and she was telling me about just how hard the record's lyrics hit her, especially considering all of the stuff she went through last year (including a big divorce). I'm not gonna lie, I've connected pretty hardcore with the lyrics of everything they've put out (I found myself sobbing in the shower to the second half of AWKIF a few weeks ago lol), but the lyrics on this one are on a completely different level than the self-titled (at least in terms of vulnerability, I think).
But that second part of your post just makes me wanna quote Anklebiters, haha. Seriously though, I'm always jonesin' for some sick, distorted guitar and I think that it can find a home in any style of music, so part of me is bummed that there's not much of that on this album (but after hearing the live version of Hard Times and Told You So, I'm excited to hear the new songs in a live setting -- the guitar lines are a lot more prominent there).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoYu7K6Ywkg <3
shit. double post. sorry >.<
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Yup, casting my vote for this as favorite Hayley vocal. Love it.
I know that I'm probably in the minority here, but I can't help but feel Pool and Grudge are middle of the album filler. And then there's No Friend. One of my friends is obsessed with it because of the lyrics, but they're so buried that I skipped it last time I listened to the album, and probably will going forward. Idol Worship and Tell Me How are standouts on the second half through.
NinjaBoiX
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Yeah, Pool is the only one to stick out to me as particularly good, that jangly layered melody is glorious.
New week, I'll give the record a good few listens and see if I start warming to it.
New week, I'll give the record a good few listens and see if I start warming to it.
Love Last Hope man, top tune. Aside from Ain't It Fun (it's for actual children) and Hate To See Your Heart Break (yawn) their last record is primo.
drtomoe123
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They just announced a US tour. Gonna try for Charlotte, Nashville, and/or Atlanta.
9/06 - Jacksonville, FL @ Moran Theatre*
9/08 - Miami, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach*
9/09 - Orlando, FL @ Dr. Phillips Center*
9/11 - Charlotte, NC @ Ovens Auditorium
9/13 - Washington, DC @ MGM National Harbor Theater
9/15 - Detroit, MI @ The Fox Theatre
9/16-17 - Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
9/19 - Sioux City, IA @ Orpheum Theatre
9/21 - Denver, CO @ BellCo Theatre
9/22 - Orem, UT @ Utah Valley University Events Center
9/24 - Oakland, CA @ Paramount Theatre
9/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theater
9/27 - Phoenix, AZ @ Comercia Theatre
9/29 - Houston, TX @ Smart Financial Center at Sugar Land
9/30 - Dallas, TX @ Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
10/02 - Atlanta, GA @ The Fox Theater
10/04 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
10/07 - Boston, MA @ Boston Opera House
10/10 - Bethlehem, PA @ Sands Bethlehem Event Center
10/12 - Montreal, QC @ St. Denis Theatre
10/13 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
10/15 - Akron, OH @ Akron Civic Theatre
10/17 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
9/06 - Jacksonville, FL @ Moran Theatre*
9/08 - Miami, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach*
9/09 - Orlando, FL @ Dr. Phillips Center*
9/11 - Charlotte, NC @ Ovens Auditorium
9/13 - Washington, DC @ MGM National Harbor Theater
9/15 - Detroit, MI @ The Fox Theatre
9/16-17 - Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
9/19 - Sioux City, IA @ Orpheum Theatre
9/21 - Denver, CO @ BellCo Theatre
9/22 - Orem, UT @ Utah Valley University Events Center
9/24 - Oakland, CA @ Paramount Theatre
9/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theater
9/27 - Phoenix, AZ @ Comercia Theatre
9/29 - Houston, TX @ Smart Financial Center at Sugar Land
9/30 - Dallas, TX @ Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
10/02 - Atlanta, GA @ The Fox Theater
10/04 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
10/07 - Boston, MA @ Boston Opera House
10/10 - Bethlehem, PA @ Sands Bethlehem Event Center
10/12 - Montreal, QC @ St. Denis Theatre
10/13 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
10/15 - Akron, OH @ Akron Civic Theatre
10/17 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
I know they did a theater tour previously but I didn't get to go. Kind of disappointed since I feel like theaters are a different kind of energy than a regular show arena would have?
SapphiCine
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Was disappointed at first but the new album is growing on me.
NinjaBoiX
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So I've listened to it through about 5 times now and it is growing on me a little but...
The first three "these are the crowd pleasing singles" are probably the worst tracks apart from No Friend (seriously, fuck off) and Forgiveness is a bit of a dud too. Rose Coloured Boy is this albums Aint It Fun for me, everyone seems to love it but I'm not a fan at all!
But Fake Happy, 26, Pool, Idle Worship and Caught In The Middle are the best tracks for me, it gets so much better after those first few tracks.
I'd say Caught In The Middle is my pick at the minute.
...I couldn't disagree more about this!
The first three "these are the crowd pleasing singles" are probably the worst tracks apart from No Friend (seriously, fuck off) and Forgiveness is a bit of a dud too. Rose Coloured Boy is this albums Aint It Fun for me, everyone seems to love it but I'm not a fan at all!
But Fake Happy, 26, Pool, Idle Worship and Caught In The Middle are the best tracks for me, it gets so much better after those first few tracks.
I'd say Caught In The Middle is my pick at the minute.
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