Comments on: Paramore Hold On To Their Smarts http://idolator.com/5250602/paramore-hold-on-to-their-smarts Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:18:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: BradNelson http://idolator.com/5250602/paramore-hold-on-to-their-smarts/comment-page-1#comment-953302 BradNelson Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:40:22 +0000 http://idolator.com/?p=5250602#comment-953302 Hayley Williams still writes terrible lyrics, but this is an accepted caveat in lieu of how I have listened to Paramore's <i>Riot</i> more than any other album this decade. It's not <i>great</i> or anything--it's quite flawed. It's just <i>irresistible</i>. It also kind of left me on my bedroom floor feeling some thrashed and raw nerves I thought I had abandoned in high school. It was good, it was healing, etc. This, on second listen, seems pretty great, actually. Will probably in the next few months listen to <i>Brand New Eyes</i> and get similarly wracked by pain and release. Which is probably the sign of a <i>great</i> band. Hayley Williams still writes terrible lyrics, but this is an accepted caveat in lieu of how I have listened to Paramore’s Riot more than any other album this decade. It’s not great or anything–it’s quite flawed. It’s just irresistible. It also kind of left me on my bedroom floor feeling some thrashed and raw nerves I thought I had abandoned in high school. It was good, it was healing, etc.

This, on second listen, seems pretty great, actually. Will probably in the next few months listen to Brand New Eyes and get similarly wracked by pain and release. Which is probably the sign of a great band.

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