![]() ![]() The trio once more included drummer Zac Farro, after several years out, and perhaps to mirror their shifting lineup, they’d replaced gnarly guitar riffs with marimba, bongos and blooming shots of colour. When the first taste of fifth album ‘After Laughter’ arrived in April 2017, it was hard to believe this was Paramore. ‘Brick by Boring Brick’ĭefinitely the most fun digging holes with shovels has ever sounded, this stormer can mainly be summed up by its volume-heavy “ BA-DA-BA BA-DA BA-BA-DA“s, which you won’t forget in a hurry. This song is incorrigibly, gorgeously emo. So angsty! So three-chordy! On this track about – you guessed it – a crush, Williams snarls: “ If you wanna play it like a game, well, come on, come on, let’s play” It’s all encapsulated in the tiny gap between the whispered “ crush“es and the guttural “ 2, 3, 4” seconds later. ![]() Chorus? Even better, thanks to Hayley Williams’ inimitable delivery on “ just like“ – and then there’s the vicious mantra that gives the song its title: “ Ignorance is your new best friend.” Perhaps Williams herself put it best when she described the track for Alternative Press: “‘Ignorance'”, she said, “is like word-vomit.” 5. The furious lead single from the band’s 2009 album ‘Brand New Eyes’ is notable for its astounding lyrical velocity and ridiculously memorable constituent parts.
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