Phil Mongredien 

Paramore: Paramore – review

Platinum-selling emo outfit Paramore try out new sounds with mixed results on their fourth album, writes Phil Mongredien
  
  


The commercial emo that has earned Tennessee's Paramore platinum sales is still present on their fourth album, as are the unremarkable ballads, but there's also a new willingness to try other genres. The results are mixed: Ain't It Fun's gospel coda does it no favours; Now opens like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs before inane lyrics hobble the chorus; Future builds from a mumbled intro to gorgeous Explosions in the Sky-style post-rock. Perhaps more tellingly, there's much that sounds like No Doubt shortly before Gwen Stefani outgrew them and became a major solo star, which is what you rather suspect lead singer Hayley Williams's record company has in mind for her.

 

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