foals never wrote a song this good let's all relax
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:42 (seven years ago) link
I was in love with "Now" at first exposure, because I kinda dug dance-punk back in the day, and the track pulled off the trick of improving on that style by adding some extra tension and mass, and putting a distinctive stamp on it with that very alterna-rock conclusion. Big song in a compact package, even if it was an odd singles choice.
I don't think this song improves on its inspirations in the same way, though it does personalize them in a similar way. Song seems strangely cynical in a way, like this is their attempt to "Uptown Funk" Dire Straits
― Evan R, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:46 (seven years ago) link
If anything, I would say it's their attempt to "Get Lucky" the Talking Heads, but it's better than that imo.
― how's life, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 19, 2017 7:42 AM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao otm
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:57 (seven years ago) link
paramore, the vintage contemporaries edition
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, April 19, 2017 8:24 AM
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 15:19 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSn2K3eciSc
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
Taylor York, can you stop being so hot
thx
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
I def doubt the whole album will sound same-y. Unless the band completely changed since s/t (I mean they have changed, Farro is back, even co-writing some tracks, but that certainly does not suggest everything sounding like this). Modern Paramore is very much a group that feels playful and eager to explore the border between pop and rock in all kinds of ways.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
find it very difficult to not play air synths during that vocoder/synth phrase at the end of "hard times"
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 16:46 (seven years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/arts/music/paramore-hayley-williams-after-laughter-interview.html?_r=0
it's a pop album, my friends
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 19 April 2017 17:02 (seven years ago) link
Modern Paramore is very much a group that feels playful and eager to explore the border between pop and rock in all kinds of ways.
Yeah they're doing this better than anyone else. I see rock as a little more of a commodity rn, since so few are doing it well, but their past gambits have paid off so I'll happily take a pop album
― Evan R, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
Looks like I made a mistake reading the YouTube comments on "Hard Times." I forget the ideal of purity their most fervent fans believe in.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
I want these sunglasses.
http://i.makeagif.com/media/4-19-2017/tzUSVz.gif
― how's life, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
The only track of theirs I rep for is / ain't it fun / which is transcendent. However much I was ready to love this one, it seems to be missing some magic.
― calstars, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 20:09 (seven years ago) link
im obsessed w/ this song
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 20 April 2017 04:27 (seven years ago) link
Same. I heard it six times on the plane.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 April 2017 07:02 (seven years ago) link
love this song
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, 20 April 2017 07:32 (seven years ago) link
yeah I came around on listen 4 or so
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 20 April 2017 08:00 (seven years ago) link
last 45 seconds of this sounds like a robot version of shut up and let me go by the ting tings
― jay kay huysmans (NickB), Thursday, 20 April 2017 09:02 (seven years ago) link
this was very instant for me and it reminds me of something off the last La Roux album
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 20 April 2017 09:08 (seven years ago) link
Taylor York, can you stop being so hotthx― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, April 19, 2017 11:38 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, April 19, 2017 11:38 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
His haircut reminds me of one of the NKOTB guys and he does some great mugging in the video.
― how's life, Thursday, 20 April 2017 12:04 (seven years ago) link
Love this single. Am I the only one getting massive Alphabeat vibes from the song and video?
― kitchen person, Thursday, 20 April 2017 13:47 (seven years ago) link
― how's life,
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/2e/52/ff/2e52ff9568955e8c9f21829dcf84d8dd.jpg
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 April 2017 13:48 (seven years ago) link
I'd been thinking Jordan, actually, but I had remembered his hair as being curlier than it actuallly was.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/02/0e/5a/020e5a2b645d3f7134af044a718c69ca.jpg
― how's life, Thursday, 20 April 2017 13:58 (seven years ago) link
HARDTIMES
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 April 2017 14:02 (seven years ago) link
XD
― how's life, Thursday, 20 April 2017 14:11 (seven years ago) link
this is really good and yeah it sounds EXACTLY like Alphabeat's first album
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 20 April 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
Part one of an interview with Zane Lowe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Qb2qj58wQ
― how's life, Thursday, 20 April 2017 18:43 (seven years ago) link
this maybe is an unfavorable comparison, but the track reminds of "You've Changed" by Sia (with Nick Valensi on guitars)
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, 20 April 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
For no reason whatsoever this song and video both remind me of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3RpfKCPc00
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Friday, 21 April 2017 12:26 (seven years ago) link
So yeah this is their new sound and they're sticking to it. Another good track though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=189&v=yw-RPm1uOM4
― Evan R, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
I wonder if this is the track that's gonna get the bigger push on alt radio, while "Hard Times" goes for the top 40 spins
― Evan R, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link
that song rules
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
paramore's de·pres·sion
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:16 (seven years ago) link
So psyched for the album now.
― how's life, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:40 (seven years ago) link
these songs are produced really well. all the instruments are crisp.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
they seem to be having fun. this is good
― Spottie, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
Hard Times went from 'ok' to 'great' after a day and I love this immediately
― ufo, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
after staring lovingly at Taylor's mugging iirc
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 22:15 (seven years ago) link
New one is good too. I haven't been a fan in the past but I definitely saw some of the appeal of the last album.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 4 May 2017 04:25 (seven years ago) link
https://imgur.com/CuHNJL8 <3
― qualx, Thursday, 4 May 2017 04:28 (seven years ago) link
I'm really enjoying the new song, but this part is nagging me a little.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEB6ibtdPZc&feature=youtu.be&t=3m3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw-RPm1uOM4&feature=youtu.be&t=2m40s
― how's life, Thursday, 4 May 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link
Uh, that isn't showing up for me. So what I was trying to point out was the similarity between the moments at about 2:40 in Told You So and 3:03 in Hard Times.
― how's life, Thursday, 4 May 2017 13:41 (seven years ago) link
tbh i like that the songs seem to talk to each other
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 May 2017 13:42 (seven years ago) link
That's a good way to look at it.
― how's life, Thursday, 4 May 2017 13:43 (seven years ago) link
*relistens to "told you so"* ugh this is magnificent
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 May 2017 13:43 (seven years ago) link
lol
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 May 2017 13:45 (seven years ago) link
Love "Told You So". This looks suddenly (and, to me anyway, unexpectedly) an album of the year contender.
― Jeff W, Friday, 5 May 2017 09:41 (seven years ago) link
i can't listen to anything else. what a brilliant song.
― Nourry, Friday, 5 May 2017 09:56 (seven years ago) link
I love it when there's something my daughter and I can both enjoy. It's much preferable to nefarious tween marketing tweaks directing her to bullseye shit like Panic! At the Disco and Twenty One Pilots.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 May 2017 11:33 (seven years ago) link