Paramore - Brand New Eyes and A Brand New Sound

As the four-piece return with their greatly anticipated third album, it seems they have returned to us with a new found maturity.

Listening to the first few songs which include single ‘Ignorance’ there is a familiar sound of fast moving riffs and lyrics seen in the previous albums. Each song contains a hook that’ll leave you listening to it over and over again, namely ‘Brick By Boring Brick’. With Hayley Williams’ powerful voice in each song this a perfect sing-a-long album.

Although this album starts with the familiar Paramore sound we all know and love, my cynical mind began to think that maybe this was just another ‘Riot!’ until the remaining tracks began to take a slower, more thoughtful turn. It seems the lyrics really mean something on this album. It hits on deeper issues than ever before, with phrases like ‘I’m better off when I hit the bottle’ prominent. ‘The Only Exception’ is certainly the defining song on the album, with its beautiful acoustic melodies and thoughts of growing up and past pain.

The remainder of the tracks take the same, deeply emotional turn which makes this Paramore’s most evolved and established album to date. The change is massive, but the outcome is awesome.