paramore - after laughter - recording and anticipation

http://www.papermag.com/hayley-williams-op-ed-2573595188.html

hayley <3

oh also i finally saw them on this tour (at boston calling) and it was wonderful. we got kind of an abbreviated festival setlist; unexpectedly, they cut "misery business," and they played "idle worship"/"no friend." i was ecstatic

it was very good

I have a place in my heart for misery business, but would be fine with it if they rotated it out of their sets.

Saw them at Bonnaroo last weekend, they were great. Also did the Idle Worship/No Friend extended jam. And in the middle, Hayley gave this nice little talk, partly prompted by Anthony Bourdain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wII7lsPz42I

hey i was there too!

I saw yr write-ups for RS! Hope you enjoyed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFOY6KJlFEg

happy birthday to me

happy birthday!

Happy Taylorday!

Seeing them tonight with my older daughter, who is 13 and the perfect age for this.

Josh, that is going to be so amazing!!

la
la la la la la la
just let me
let
you
down

🌺 pic.twitter.com/1zdvccDA8a

— hayley from Paramore (@yelyahwilliams) December 28, 2019

Umm isn’t Paramore already basically Hayley + friends

petals for armor has arrived

taylor is still supposed to be involved with petals for armor, right? so totally confused by this but looking forward to it anyway

yes, though also everything known about petals for armor is still extremely speculative afaik

happy for whatever happens

ready to meet Taylor for negronis whatever happens

lol.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CN6GxudJ7e0/?igshid=1l3a5wfyngoah

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paramore-new-album-interview-update-1282239/

Hayley Williams always knew her debut solo album, Petals for Armor, would be a detour, but she still felt anxious about getting Paramore back together after several years apart. But on the first day she, Taylor York, and Zac Farro reconnected at a Nashville studio space, those nerves quickly melted into relief.

“We wrote and tracked something we loved and it actually surprised us,” Williams tells Rolling Stone in an email. “We kept joking it was all downhill from that point, but thank God we’ve been surprised a lot throughout this whole thing. I’m always waiting for the moment for us to know we’re onto something new and we’re not just rehashing the same shit. It was ‘Ain’t It Fun’ for our self-titled record, and ‘Hard Times’ or ‘Told You So’ for After Laughter. It’s not about it feeling like a hit so much as it’s a scary, exciting feeling that you’re treading uncharted waters. It keeps you curious. We got to feel that feeling early on this time.”

As for the album’s sound, Williams says she and York had been reminiscing on some of their earliest influences well before they began writing the LP. But she’s quick to note that that doesn’t necessarily mean the group is necessarily plotting a “comeback ‘emo’ record.”

“The music we were first excited by wasn’t exactly the kind of music we went on to make,” Williams says. “Our output has always been all over the place and with this project, it’s not that different. We’re still in the thick of it but some things have remained consistent from the start. 1) More emphasis back on the guitar, and 2) Zac should go as Animal as he wants with drum takes.”

feeling good about this

ready to meet Taylor for negronis whatever happens

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, December 28, 2019

Thank god. I've been waiting for signs of life from these guys for a while.

we've been living in

hard times

unreasonably excited. or reasonably. these folks, in whatever configuration, have really never failed me

otm

1) More emphasis back on the guitar, and 2) Zac should go as Animal as he wants with drum takes

sounds good to me

Yeah I love After Laughter but I'm ready for more Paramore ROCK.

please tell me this is when they make their Failure record

So, about half a year ago, Hayley mentioned in an interview

“We’ve thought about [the next Paramore album]. Taylor’s mentioned things like: ‘Oh, God – I miss guitars. We’ve found ourselves listening to a lot of older music that we grew up being inspired by. T and I liked stuff that was a bit more ratty sounding: The Rapture, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. All three of us loved Queens Of The Stone Age’s ‘Songs For The Deaf.’”

But yes, I hope for more Failure influence as well.

time has proven every song on the second half of after laughter the greatest song of all time

you don't have to tell me
if you ever think of me
i know you see me dancing wildly in the fog of your memory
you don't have to tell me
i can still believe

Um, what about the first half?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvs2JJuZwJ0

just posting a dope underrated paramore jam

^

huge stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoNOexnZpyM

we’ve missed you. we’re playing When We Were Young Fest in Vegas on Oct 22nd.

register for pre-sale now at https://t.co/y4F18MAQsO

📸: @elkemusek pic.twitter.com/KHLR07Qq0k

— paramore (@paramore) January 18, 2022

I'm looking forward to the day we'll have to start a new thread.

I am NOT feeling that Taylor hair

that festival's lineup is fucking crazy, like someone cherry-picked the best years of warped tour

I'm sorry your man looks like a spaniel now, Alfred.

Warped Tour Nostalgia=Next Big Thing!

nice to see weird al's son getting out there and making a legacy of his own

*accordion lick*
*slide whistle*
WHOOOOOA i never meant to brag
but i got him where i want him now *HONK*

hayley in orange, let's gooo

xp lol

1) More emphasis back on the guitar

Any word yet on who will be producing? I think the Justin Meldal-Johnsen partnership has been super beneficial and I'd hate for them to go back in the direction of the Rob Cavallo's of the world.

no confirmation, i bet it's jmj tho

there are many studios and producers in california but i assume he's who they'd travel there for

Good good. I'm all for more guitars in line with the s/t.

I went back to their "You Ain't Woman Enough" cover recently, which is a fun Hayley karaoke belter. Have they done any other covers?