All We Know and Riot! were amazing albums for me, hit every mark. Live energetic and unique bringing forward powerful guitars mixed with the strong vocals of the now world famous Hayley Williams. However, their newest album Brand New Eyes was hit and miss for me. Some good tracks and some not so good but thats just one mans opinion. Of course Paramore have to grow up like every other band but it just hadn't hit the mark on some tracks.
Meanwhile things fell apart in camp Paramore as the two Farro brothers departed onto better things, the true reason has yet to be revealed. But this didn't stop the trio from advancing and writing new material. Monster is the latest track from the new Paramore and you think it wouldn't be the same or as good yet..The lack of the Farro's has made Paramore move into a new grown up (As previously mentioned) direction that works in every single way.
The lyrics are the first thing that hit you here. Paramore have moved on from talking about teenage boys and crush's to something that has dominated the bands past. There has always been tension between the brothers and the band but this is the first time Paramore have come up about it. New solo guitarist Taylor hits everything that Josh could do and more. I personally prefer the guitar in this to most other Paramore songs, and well Jeremy is just a boss anyway.
Hayley talks about some kind of monster eating them alive, it seems this could be due to the bands tiresome schedule since Brand New Eyes released or was it members of the band trying to be to dominant over the others? The lyric that hits me the most here is "Now that your gone the world is ours" and well lets be blunt it seems a hit at Josh and Zach so it seems everyones nice and innocent teenage band has become a bit..war hardened should I say? The test of time has hit Paramore hard and members have fallen but these three have come out stronger then ever.
Paramores new direction has struck me in a way they haven't since the release of Riot and All We Know. If the rest of Paramores new material has taken this turn I could see Paramore making that jump to bigger arenas, headlining festivals instead of 3/2 down. But thats just me, take a look for yourself and see what you think! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoTEnaAI9Fo - Paramore Monster
