“The truth never set me
free, so I did it myself,” declares Hayley Williams off the top of the
outfit’s third LP, a chronicle of its near-breakup last year. Tough and
catchy, Brand New Eyes finds emo’s most important band expanding
on the hook-laden Riot!, packing in stops and starts, thunderous
drumming and ba-ba-bas around Williams’ undeniable voice (wait for the
belter on “All I Wanted”). A late-year Top 10 contender.
Where The Lines Overlap (Album Version) – Paramore
This article appears in Oct 15-21, 2009.
