Paramore - Paramore (April 9th)

Paramore have gone from 5 to 3 on this album, the fourth studio album from this pop-punk arrangement. Their previous releases have gone platinum in 5 different countries and their third album 'Brand New Eyes' took the number one spot in 4 countries world wide.

The album is dominated by their lead singer and fiery ginger icon Hayley Williams, she has a very strong voice and the combination of her lyrics mixed with her vocal style is a great combination. 'Paramore' is a lot more upbeat than other Paramore albums. The handclaps on 'Ain't it Fun' shows that the band are in danger of becoming a pop band and away from their 'emo' roots of their first album; 'All We Know Is Falling'. 'Now' (the first single released) has peaked at 13 in the US charts and is a classic Paramore single, the underlying guitar riffs an punchy snare sounds would mean it would fit seamlessly into the tracklist of Paramore's stadium filling shows. The album ends in an epic conclusion entitled 'Future' which wraps up the album incredibly well and really gets across the message that is sung about throughout of the new positive outlook of the band.

Paramore have come out of a shake up within the band very well and released another classic album, moving themselves towards the pop scene, but will also be pleasing to the core fans.

Listen to 'Now' here and 'Ain't It Fun' here.

I'm not a massive fan of Paramore, but this album has opened them up a bit with the more dance-like songs, from the band that brought us 'Misery Business' and 'Ignorance' there is no stand out stadium anthem on this record. From seeing them at Leeds Festival 2012 their set was full of big hitters and catchy songs, which this album is full of and should add well to their live shows. My favourite track of the album is 'Ain't It Fun,' it is extremely memorable and a classic Paramore pop-punk mix and a quality 'jam'.

Tracklist:

1. Fast In My Car

2. Now

3. Grow Up

4. Daydreaming

5. interlude: Moving On

6. Ain’t It Fun

7. Part II

8. Last Hope

9. Still Into You

10. Anklebiters

11. interlude: Holiday

12. Proof

13. Hate To See Your Heart Break

14. (One Of Those) Crazy Girls

15. interlude: I’m Not Angry Anymore

16. Be Alone

17. Future