  
The past four years have been a massive rollercoaster
ride for Paramore, they released their third studio
album ‘Brand New Eyes’ back in 2009,
the album catapulted them into super stardom which
saw them embark on sold out Arena shows across
the world as well as playing various different
festivals across the world as headliners or sub’s,
yet in 2010 Josh and Zac Farro departed Paramore
and some unkind words were exchanged from all
parties via different statements cropping up on
the members respective websites whilst Paramore
finished their touring schedule before slipping
out of the public eye.
After a couple of years away from the music scene
Paramore are back with their self titled forth
studio album which has seen them go back to the
drawing board and slightly reinvent their sound
whilst unleashing an a solid 17 track album which
features 3 interludes and runs for just over an
hour.
The album opens with ‘Fast In My Car’
a scuzzy 90’s sounding garage rock track
which sounds so different from the Paramore sound
that everyone has come to love over the years,
the song is a complete pleasure to listen to as
the drums flow with a massive bang, the guitars
come in thick and fast whilst Williams let’s
rip with her vocals which are sounding more diverse
than ever these days as she really shows off her
vocals range through the near 4 minutes length
of the track.
The first single to be released from the self
titled album is ‘Now’ and it is a
huge song with a massive rock edge, the lyrics
are well written and has Williams singing “If
there’s a future we want it no-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow”
and “There’s a time and a place to
die, and this ain’t it”, as the rest
of the band rock out with rocking beats gracing
the airwaves, with a huge set of drum beats closing
the song in an huge way.
‘Grow Up’ is a brutally honest song
which features Williams singing “Some of
us have to grow up sometimes and so, If I have
to i’m gonna leave you behind” in
such a beautiful way, instrumentally the song
is solid sounding and there are even some electronic
synths thrown in towards the end for good measures.
After listening to the first three or four tracks
on the album you start to realise that there is
no structure to the album and that Paramore have
created a truly diverse album where no two songs
are the same as one minute you could be listening
to the garage rock sounding ‘Fast In My
Car’, the next you could be listening to
the toned down sleepy sounding ‘Daydreaming’,
then you could be listening to the interlude ‘Moving
On’ which features Williams singing over
the sounds of a ukulele and then you find yourself
bopping along to gospel sounding ‘Ain’t
it Fun’ before chanting-a-long to the punk
sounding ‘Anklebiters’ and before
you know it the album reaches its climax with
the instrumentally epic ‘Future’.
I normally find that albums which feature more
than 12 tracks are difficult to fully get into
as there is just too much to digest yet with this
self titled offering from Paramore it was a breeze
to get into, admittedly the more you listen to
the album the more enjoyment you get out of it
as it is so different sounding from anything Paramore
have done before and the songs have been placed
together in a big mix match way which means as
each and every track comes and goes you find your
mind changing on what your favourite track on
the album is and after listening to the album
many times over myself I still can’t pick
out an overall favourite track as something different
stands out on each listen.
Despite the bumpy road Paramore have been on over
the past couple of years they have come back more
mature with a big experimental edge and it is
safe to say that everything they have put into
the self titled album has paid off as it is the
most important and daring album of their career.
4.5/5
Review by Trigger
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