Paramore - After Laughter (May 12th, 2017) Album • Page 53

If Jesse wasn't barking into a megaphone I'd love that song. Love the guitar part.

 

Haha let's be careful we don't want to start a brand new convo on the day people are hearing the paramore record... much rather talk about a band that actually puts out music when they say they will haha!

Jk still love brand new

 

Ahhhh, I'm so happy to see all the positive feedback! I live in Australia. Buying a physical copy tomorrow. I'm very excited to hear this! I've been emotional about this band all morning haha

 

Okay, having listened to this about three times at work and feeling particularly emotional after 26/a celebratory shot of tequila at dinner, I'd like to be very personal for a few paragraphs if that's okay.

I don't talk about this a lot, but I have actually had a very difficult life. My mom had a mental breakdown when I was 10 and divorced my dad and I spent the next three years basically raising my three younger siblings. When I was 14, my dad was finally able to get the attention of the court and we were remanded into his permanent custody. The summer that this happened, my mom disappeared for about 6 months. To this day, I still have no idea what she did during this time. But at the end of this summer, I saw the video for "Misery Business" on MTV2 and it radically shifted my entire worldview- until then, I listened to a lot of really depressing music; it didn't really occur to me that you could express happiness or be happy while getting through, if that makes sense? So when I got Riot and AWKIF, it was legitimately a whole new world for me. I am not exaggerating when I say that Paramore has been such a stabilizing presence in my life for the past decade, I'm really not sure I would have made it without them. I almost killed myself when I was 15, and I changed my mind because "Miracle" came on shuffle at the right moment. I made a promise to myself that I was going to make it and that music was going to make it possible.

Every Paramore album has come at the right time. Brand New Eyes came out just as I was finally starting to put together what it was that was wrong with me (depression, anxiety.) S/T came out a couple of months after I left an abusive boyfriend, and hearing "Now" for the first time was like realizing I'd been underwater for a year. Two years ago, my fiance left me, and I went into total tailspin- I found the most unhealthy ways to cope and I'm still not proud of that time in my life at all. Last October, I came to the realization that it's not enough to know what's wrong with you. You can know you have a disease but that doesn't cure it. I put myself in therapy and it's going really well- I'm a much stronger and healthier person because of it.

But man, listening to this album, I feel like they've done it again. This feels like the work of someone who has realized they need help and that they need to actually work through their problems. I can't say what it means to me that the people I look up to the most seem to go through a lot of the same problems at the same time as me. I don't want to be dramatic and say that they saved my life, but they certainly gave me the tenacity to find the tools to save it on my own. I'm so happy to have this in my hands, and I'm so happy that they didn't give up either. Whenever I'm having a hard time, I think about the blog that Hayley wrote where she signed off "always, always, always betting on you" and I just hope she knows that I'm always betting on her and hoping the best for the band.

 

I'm currently sitting in a hotel for a work conference in Cape Cod staring at the ocean and the full moon and 26 is really working for me right now.

 

Was wondering where you were, you were posting like crazy the day the album was announced. You're gonna love it!

 

I think more than anything I love discovering music with people more than the actual music itself. So cheers to all of you wherever you may be.

 

Thank you for going deep and sharing all of this. This band means so much to so many people for so many different reasons and it's one of those things were even without making a big deal about it they've always been one of THOSE bands.

It's incredible that you were able to find them and have them through all of these turbulent times in your life. The best bands really do that.

All the stuff with Hayley in recent interviews acknowledging issues she's had with anxiety have been pretty powerful

 

Oh, you're lovely! I'm sure I will love it, I'm very excited. My twitter is FULL of Paramore tweets

 

Paramore is back, and Hayley Williams looks younger.

"The best is over and the worst is yet to come."

BTW, I am new in this community. Hi guys!

 

First few seconds of Zac back with Paramore live, performing "Hard Times"

 

I'm crying.

 

I BET THEY CAN FEEL MY ENVY FROM HEREEEE UGHHH looks so fun. I looked at the clock and was like "I could be seeing Paramore right now :((" I'm really happy for whoever is there and so glad they're playing show(s) again.

Can they just release tour dates please?

 

ROSE COLORED BOY WTF

 

"I bet everybody here is fake happy too" <------ my FB feed

 

fuck "Fake Happy" is such a great track, looooove the way it unfolds on you

 

It's getting harder by the minute to wait until Friday to listen to this. But I have so much work to do that I don't really think I'd enjoy it until the weekend when I'll have a little more time to breath, and I want the first listen to be perfect. I used to do this with all my favorite bands (basically making sure I wait until the right moment to listen, even if I could sooner, but it's been a long time since I've been that weird, which shows how much I'm looking forward to this record). It's all about Paramore this summer. And watching this live stream of the show is killing me oh my god

 

@mattfreaksmeout wait live stream?? How did I miss that that was happening??

 

Listened 4 times in a row earlier playing PlayStation, fell more and more in love with each listen.

 

Starting this now, super ready for this

 

Justin Meldal-Johnsen really should produce most things

 

@/neverendinglyss on insta

 

I love idle worship. The short shouting parts are cool

 

Half way through and this is so so good

 

omg that bass in Pool