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
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― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 May 2017 12:16 (seven years ago) link
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― how's life, Friday, 5 May 2017 12:23 (seven years ago) link
Taylor looks like such a nice boyfriend.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 May 2017 12:28 (seven years ago) link
Hey y’all.
― the ghost of markers, Sunday, 7 May 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link
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― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 May 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
This album is fantastic. It's just the kind of album I needed in my life right now.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 23:23 (seven years ago) link
oh awesome! thought this wasn't out till summer for some reason.
― devvvine, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 23:34 (seven years ago) link
Friday.
― the ghost of markers, Thursday, 11 May 2017 00:20 (seven years ago) link
just when I thought this was their twist-free pop record, the penultimate track shows up
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 11 May 2017 12:30 (seven years ago) link
"Forgiveness" is either a blatant Haim lift or a working through of the same influences.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 May 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link
hayley has lately been enthusing about haim all over twitter fyi
― del esdichado (NickB), Thursday, 11 May 2017 12:42 (seven years ago) link
Caramanica can't hide his sneer.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 May 2017 12:49 (seven years ago) link
I was going to say, who needs a new Haim?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:45 (seven years ago) link
Two quick observations: drummer has some fallback hi-hat on the 2 and 4 beats, and guitarist really likes those little African-esque licks. Both of which work, to my ears.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:47 (seven years ago) link
yeah, lots of high life accents
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:48 (seven years ago) link
"forgiveness" is easily the best song i've heard this year & will prob destroy anything on the haim album--and i love haim!
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:52 (seven years ago) link
It's got sort of 1975 vibes about it, too. And, um, "Cherish." Lovely, though.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:02 (seven years ago) link
Fake Happy is my immediate favourite. I love how those synths come in after that misleading intro.
No Friend is the only one I'm not really into. I don't think they really pulled off what they were going for. It's the only misfire on the album though, everything else sounds so good.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:09 (seven years ago) link
think of "no friend" as a dark inverse coda to "idle worship" bc... well, it is, but i think those are the terms on which it works
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:17 (seven years ago) link
Pool is my favourite at the moment, but the first seven tracks are all pretty fantastic
No Friend would probably be fine if it were like a minute, doesn't really need to be longer than the track it's an outro to
― ufo, Thursday, 11 May 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link
is that Taylor singing "No Friend"?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 May 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
that is aaron weiss from the band mewithoutyou
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 May 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
http://nocountryfornewnashville.com/2017/05/11/review-paramore-5-10-17-at-exitin-photos/#more-84799
― how's life, Thursday, 11 May 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link
that setlist :)
― Evan R, Thursday, 11 May 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
i just filed my review so i feel like now i can say that i don't get caramanica's
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
i find it hard to get into these guys, a couple of amazing songs aside
― k3vin k., Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:05 (seven years ago) link
I get the gist of Caramanica's review; he pretty much voices all of my initial reservations about this album (too schticky, a waste of a great rock singer). I do think the tone is off, though. He isn't really giving the band any credit for their range (he brushes off the s/t album), and seems to box them in with a style of music they aren't interested anymore. It shouldn't be any great shock that bands can evolve over 10 years
― Evan R, Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
and using synths isn't a touchstone of '80s bands (also, after three listens, I don't hear an egregious use of synths; they're more for the occasional garnish).
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:31 (seven years ago) link
a waste of a great rock singer
i think listening to the album basically dispatches this criticism
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:31 (seven years ago) link
xpost Yeah, definitely seems more sophisti-pop.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 May 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link
first couple of listens and i'm not really feeling this at all. it did take a few plays for say-they-say-they-told-meeeyyy to get its hooks into me though
― del esdichado (NickB), Friday, 12 May 2017 08:58 (seven years ago) link
off the bat i'm liking idle worship, i like the tension in the vocals there
caught in the middle - wtf is this ace of base garbage?
― del esdichado (NickB), Friday, 12 May 2017 09:07 (seven years ago) link
I generally like Caramanica, but this line -- "some of her essential grit is lost to the machines" -- I mean, talk about your '80s revivalism. It's like reading Rolling Stone in 1983.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 12 May 2017 12:12 (seven years ago) link
hard times
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 12 May 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link
First listen to this, and it was really disheartening. I'm sure it will grow on me, because the songs are solid and Hayley brought her A game. But I find the whole Wedding Singer cosplay thing insufferably tacky, and all those brittle '80s polyrhythms just sound shitty and one-trick to me.
― Evan R, Friday, 12 May 2017 13:05 (seven years ago) link
After two listens, I like the first few songs very much (which includes the two that had been released already), but I'm not hearing much in the way of hooks in the rest of it. Will continue to listen though.
― how's life, Friday, 12 May 2017 13:08 (seven years ago) link
y'know I really appreciate how few straight-up love songs HW writes
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 12 May 2017 13:10 (seven years ago) link
enjoying this on first listen
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 12 May 2017 13:40 (seven years ago) link
i take it the eh-eh-eh vocals and mention of 'hopeless places' on idle worship are a nod to rihanna?
― del esdichado (NickB), Friday, 12 May 2017 13:43 (seven years ago) link
Can we please get a Paramore/1975 world tour? Pretty please? :)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 12 May 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
I think we should crowdfund brad a ticket for the cruise
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 12 May 2017 15:56 (seven years ago) link
this definitely falls off after Pool in a way the s/t didn't really despite being 20 minutes longer, but the good half of this sure is great
something about the way the chorus in Pool comes in gets me every time
― ufo, Friday, 12 May 2017 15:57 (seven years ago) link
I'm in!
xpost
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 May 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
i'd agree if i didn't love "caught in the middle" and "idle worship" at this point (also "tell me how" is their best closer imo). "grudges" is prob the only miss and it has a great bridge
xp
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 12 May 2017 16:02 (seven years ago) link
who or what is 'tell me how' about? (i am dim and haven't followed the band's history or relationships)
― del esdichado (NickB), Friday, 12 May 2017 16:10 (seven years ago) link
no idea. pretty easy to fold "tell me how" onto any kind of breakup though
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 12 May 2017 16:11 (seven years ago) link
i love 'grudges' - it reminds me of all the cure and trashcan sinatras and smiths that i didn't listen to in middle school
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 12 May 2017 16:13 (seven years ago) link