Paramore - After Laughter (May 12th, 2017) Album • Page 63

A night drive sounds cool, but I think I'll just wait until it hits Spotify and listen in my room, haha.

 

Just wanna say I really love this album again. Weird day here. Bummed out pretty hard reading about the PWRBTTM stuff and its all nasty and rainy, but, I'm v glad I have this to listen to today.

 

this from a RYM review made me laugh:

 

It's a really fun listen.

 

Every Paramore album always feels like a natural evolution imo.

 

^^^^

 

Yea I was pretty shocked with that news. Real shame.

 

hello I love this band goodbyeeEEEEEEE

 

Hmmm...

Paramore, former bassist Jeremy Davis settle legal dispute - The Tennessean

 

I'm going to wait until tomorrow to listen. Really stoked you all are liking it.

 

Watching that second part of the interview made me smile, cry, and be SO proud to be a Paramore fan. This lineup feels...right. I'm so excited to see this era of Paramore.

 

That was the biggest thing I've noticed while listening. She sounds like she's given up in some ways.

 

I would not describe the lyrical content as "given up."

 

Welcome back! haha

Paramore also lost me with Riot, but they won me back once I gave the s/t a fair chance.

 

Not everything she wrote, but here's an example that's more despondent than stuff she's written before. Obviously, on "Pool" she says she's "done giving up" but there's nothing here as empowering as "Grow Up"/"Ain't it Fun" or as positive as "Looking Up"

This is from "Tell Me How"

Think I'm tired of getting over it
Just starting something new again
I'm getting sick of the beginnings
And always coming to your defences
I guess it's good to get it off my chest
I guess I can't believe I haven't yet
You know I got my own convictions
And they're stronger than any addiction
But no one's winning

and this is from "Rose-Colored Boy"

And oh, I'm so annoyed
'Cause I just killed off what was left of the optimist in me

I want you to stop insisting that I'm not a lost cause
'Cause I've been through a lot
Really all I've got is just to stay pissed off
If it's all right by you

 

I think a lot of the lyrical content is Hayley demanding the freedom to not pretend anymore. A lot of their older stuff is always about smoothing over whatever troubles they have and pretending it'll all be fine; her lyrics now are much more what it feels like to become a late 20-something who doesn't want to pull punches anymore (basically I can relate). Sometimes it's not okay, and that's okay.

 

My mind immediately went to her marriage, but I didn't really dive in deep yet... only two listens. Whatever it is, hope she's okay.

 

I could definitely see stuff that way. I haven't even had a ton of time to delve into the themes on the record, but the snippets I caught on my first couple listens just seemed so sad. I guess they could be more honest than sad, at least in the context of her previous lyrics.

 

They got married in February, I really doubt any of these lyrics are about that at all. I'm pretty sure it's about Jeremy leaving and the Pandora's box of emotions that opened up (plus other personal stuff that doesn't make headlines).

 

I definitely agree that her lyrics are the saddest she has ever written btw. But I also think there is a lot of frustration and bitterness in them as well.

 

i view a lot of it as Jeremy leaving the band or whatever happened there and she has to go through the same thing she went through when the farro brothers quit its like starting the band over again

 

In the Zane Lowe interview she was talking about how she went through a lot of depression and anxiety and still isn't over it. I think that the situation with Jeremy really broke her in a lot of ways she has never experienced before. I mean they virtually disappeared for a couple of years there.

 

I think it's slightly funny that this is the first time I've listened to a Paramore record and thought "I love that bassline" considering Jeremy is now gone.

 

I thought he grooved on some of the S/T stuff. That Ain't It Fun riff always got me.

 

The Zane Lowe interview is great and gives me a new appreciation for the album. Although, a huge chunk of Part 2 is recycled from Part 1. That was odd.