Paramore haven’t just been milking the huge success of 2007’s Riot! for the past two years, they almost split up due to the pressures of a huge world tour (and the fact that front woman Hayley Williams and guitarist Josh Farro’s secret relationship came to an end but shh… it’s a secret.) brand new eyes is physical proof that whatever doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger. This almost break up seems to have made Paramore even angstier and angrier, if that’s even possible.
From the first few seconds of opening track Careful you can tell that Paramore definitely haven’t changed the old Tennessee quintet’s formula of big drums, fast riffs and fills that make you go, “woah that was cool!”
The first single Ignorance explodes into life with one of those amazing riffs that Paramore have used on almost every track since their 2005 debut All We Know Is Falling. It’s a fast paced, fuming track with various key changes and one wonders if it’s possible for Hayley Williams strain her voice any more. And it ends as suddenly as it starts.
Playing God is their attempt at a Jimmy Eat World style, mid tempo pop rock song with the threat of “Next time you point the finger/I might have to break it off” as the chorus.
The psychological centrepiece of the record, Brick By Boring Brick, gives the huge, angry guitars a rest with a bass fuelled verse but a huge chant along chorus that sees the men of the band getting a shot in the vocal limelight.
Looking Up takes a much less angry approach to the almost break up of the band with the lines “God knows the world doesn’t need another band/can’t believe we almost hung it up/we’re just getting started.” Paramore fans the world over can breathe a collective sigh of relief that their favourite band aren’t going anywhere soon.
They return for one last massive head bang on the closing track All I Wanted which starts as a mellow love song and ends up with a wailing Hayley Williams with some Whitney Huston/Dianna Ross style epic yelps of “All I wanted was you.”
Paramore really have gone from strength to strength, with this third “mature” album adding to the back catalogue of fantastic albums. Hopefully they really are just getting started.
brand new eyes by Paramore is out now on Fuelled By Ramen.
You can listen to the whole album for free at www.paramore.net
From the first few seconds of opening track Careful you can tell that Paramore definitely haven’t changed the old Tennessee quintet’s formula of big drums, fast riffs and fills that make you go, “woah that was cool!”
The first single Ignorance explodes into life with one of those amazing riffs that Paramore have used on almost every track since their 2005 debut All We Know Is Falling. It’s a fast paced, fuming track with various key changes and one wonders if it’s possible for Hayley Williams strain her voice any more. And it ends as suddenly as it starts.
Playing God is their attempt at a Jimmy Eat World style, mid tempo pop rock song with the threat of “Next time you point the finger/I might have to break it off” as the chorus.
The psychological centrepiece of the record, Brick By Boring Brick, gives the huge, angry guitars a rest with a bass fuelled verse but a huge chant along chorus that sees the men of the band getting a shot in the vocal limelight.
Looking Up takes a much less angry approach to the almost break up of the band with the lines “God knows the world doesn’t need another band/can’t believe we almost hung it up/we’re just getting started.” Paramore fans the world over can breathe a collective sigh of relief that their favourite band aren’t going anywhere soon.
They return for one last massive head bang on the closing track All I Wanted which starts as a mellow love song and ends up with a wailing Hayley Williams with some Whitney Huston/Dianna Ross style epic yelps of “All I wanted was you.”
Paramore really have gone from strength to strength, with this third “mature” album adding to the back catalogue of fantastic albums. Hopefully they really are just getting started.
brand new eyes by Paramore is out now on Fuelled By Ramen.
You can listen to the whole album for free at www.paramore.net
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