paramore - after laughter - recording and anticipation

https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/paramore-hayley-williams-black-community-music-fans-misery-business-3366104

these new songs are so fucking good

The newest single, c'est comme ca, is out now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tGeMr5iXoA

love this, very much pro paramore going post-punk

For each song in the rollout, my initial reaction has been "I don't know. Am I on board with this? Does this do it for me?" And then I listen to it 2 or 3 more times before my mind latches onto it and after that, I listen to it for the rest of the day.

yeah not sure about this but I didn't like after laughter at first either so I assume I'll love it soon

There’s a real cohesion in sound when you listen to all three songs in a row - feels like they’ve been listening to a lot of early 00s dance/post-punk

Hayley mentioned Dry Cleaning and Yard Act as inspirations for the latest track, which makes sense

Dry Cleaning makes sense. I've never heard Yard Act, so I'll have to give them a try. The vocals on the chorus remind me of Cansei de Ser Sexy.

But yeah, I agree that everything makes increasing sense in context. Can't wait for the album, but I also hope we don't get any more singles before it's released.

The vocals on the chorus remind me of Cansei de Ser Sexy.

― peace, man, Friday, January 13, 2023 7:20 AM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

haha good comparison

love the new song, everything sounds so sharp

i do hope there's at least one moment on the album where a guitar sounds like a mouth opening e.g. "future"

Ha it does sound like Dry Cleaning. Yard Act album is good. Reminds me of Art Brut.

Billboard feature

https://www.billboard.com/music/features/paramore-this-is-why-new-album-cover-story-interview-1235201005/

The band wrote the album’s closing track, “Thick Skull,” a marked sonic departure from After Laughter, on day one. “It had these shades of a few different eras of us being music fans, loving heavy, drone-y, almost shoegaze-y moments,” says Williams, also citing York’s clashing guitar patterns, Farro’s thunderous bursts of drumming and even her own rare piano playing on the song. “I was like, ‘Man, this sounds like a band I would love.’ ”

i do hope there's at least one moment on the album where a guitar sounds like a mouth opening e.g. "future"

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, January 13, 2023 9:25 AM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink

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Fat Mike [of NOFX] used to tell people that I gave good rim jobs onstage when I was 19 years old.

Ugh. Fuck that clown.

“It’s kind of like people see us like [The] Princess Diaries,” Farro explains. “They didn’t see the beauty, but we threw off the glasses.”

Take us to film school, Zac.

I figured it out: Taylor grew that hair to spite me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQx8hiCHX8I

if you're impatient this is so so good. can't wait for friday

Need a new album thread!

many XP but wrt the heavy/drone-y quote I’ve wished for years they’d do something in the vein of “you were holding an umbrella” by Boris.

well "future" isn't thaaat far off?

there's a whole lot of clips of listening parties floating around, don't think we're going to be disappointed

i was thinking more "all i wanted" but with the vocals tearing it along with the noise. but "future" is pretty much in that direction.

I heard the album at work today. It's so good.

first impression is this is the greatest album of all time

gonna start a new thread today

this / is why / i have made a thread: in which paramore make combat rock: THIS IS WHY (2023) album discussion thread