Paramore

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	After Laughter Colored Vinyl - New - 561588-1 Sealed, latest reissue pressed on black & white marbled vinyl. Custom hype sticker on shrink. No download code. "We know, we know, Paramore isn't just Hayley Williams. Paramore is a band. But when every roiling, addictive album is directly fueled by the discord of yet another lineup change, you start to wonder: Should the hole left by the most recently departing bandmate be considered an official member of the band? It's a thought you can't help but mull over listening to Paramore's crackling fifth full-length album, 2017's After Laughter. The lineup this time features Williams, guitarist Taylor York (a member since their 2007 sophomore effort Riot!) and original drummer Zac Farro, returning after an estrangement since 2010. Notably not present here is bassist Jeremy Davis, who left for the second time in a huff of legal disturbances in 2015. The first time Davis left was immediately preceding the band's 2006 debut, All We Know Is Falling -- an album ultimately devoted to the struggle and strife of his departure (though he ultimately rejoined for Riot!). Paramore also famously came close to disbanding after Riot!'s breakthrough success, with Farro and his brother, guitarist Josh Farro, disliking, apparently, the intense focus on Williams. That conflict directly informed 2010's Brand New Eyes, with the Farro brothers leaving in a dust cloud of public smack-talk afterward. The sturm und drang of the Farros departure became the theme of the band's massively successful 2013 eponymous album, which found Williams, Davis, and York playing as a trio. But Davis eventually became unhappy with that record's royalty split and left the group to sue them. Which brings us to the "Never Say Die" theme of After Laughter, an album that proves one thing above all else: Paramore thrive amid conflict. Again working with producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Paramore churn out anthem after infectious anthem, each euphorically designed to grab you where it counts -- melodically and emotionally. Where 2013's Paramore found the group tentatively transitioning from their pop-punk roots toward a multi-layered '80s synth-pop sound, After Laughter reveals them having beautifully completed the transformation. Much credit here goes to York, who co-wrote all of the songs and whose deft guitar and keyboard make up much of the album's distinct aural character. But of course, Williams still beats at the center of everything, her voice providing the album's warm, exuberant core. Tracks like the lead-off disco-tinged "Hard Times" and crisply attenuated "Told You So" are earworms rife with DayGlo marimba and icy adult-contempo synths. Elsewhere, Williams weaves in the arpeggiated warmth of the Cure's "Friday I'm in Love," on "Grudges," and evinces Diva-era Annie Lennox on "Forgiveness.” Despite the album's buoyantly pastel new wave tones, it unsurprisingly contains a truckload of hard-won maturity and a growing sense of battle fatigue. You hear it on virtually every track, particularly on the yearning closer "Tell Me How" ("I'm getting sick of the beginnings"). Ultimately, each Paramore album thus far has been more or less another triumphant battle cry of a band having fought and survived a breakup. But After Laughter intersects this with transcendence: the realization that life is an ongoing series of new beginnings." All Music Guide - Matt Collar more
	Ain't It Fun New - 12 - 542044-0 Sealed 2014 Limited Edition 33 RPM, Record Store Day Exclusive On "Broken Shape" Vinyl. Custom Hype Sticker On Plasic Sleeve. A Side "Ain't It Fun" And B Side "Ain't It Fun (Dutch Uncles Remix)." more
	All We Know Is Falling New - LP - 517117 Sealed Green Vinyl Limited Edition Of Their 2005 Debut. This Enthralling New Rock Band From Tennessee Is Powered By Buoyant Melodies And Powerful Hooks And Is Made Indelible By The Irresistible Force Of 16-Year-Old Vocalist Hayley Williams. Produced By James Paul Wisner (Dashboard Confessional, The Academy Is… Underoath) And Mike Green (Yellowcard, October Fall, Over It), Paramore's Debut Full-Length Defies All Expectations Based On The Band's Young Ages. more
	Paramore New - LP - 534463 Sealed 2013 2LP Original With Custom Hype Sticker On Shrink. “Easily The Band's Most Adventurous, Experimental, And Accomplished Release To Date, Paramore's Fourth Studio Album, 2013's Eponymously Titled Paramore, Is A Landmark, A Genre-Breaking Masterwork That, Like Madonna's Like A Prayer Or U2's Achtung Baby, Finds Paramore Crystallized Into The Seminal, Cogent Rock Band We Always Knew They'd Grow Up To Be. For This Release, Paramore Worked With Producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Whose Previous Production Credits Include Artists Like Neon Trees And M83. Perhaps Not The Most Obvious Choice For A Band That Developed Alongside Labelmates Like Fall Out Boy, But The First-Time Pairing Explodes With Chemistry, Coalescing The Group's Grand Emotionality And Ridiculously Tight Hooks With Ever New And Genius Musical Avenues, Like Electronica And Even Orchestral Flourishes.” – Matt Collar, AMG more
	Riot! Colored Vinyl - 159612 Sealed 2007 Limited Edition Original Pressed On Either White Or Blue Marble Colored Vinyl (1500 Each). According To The Fueled By Ramen Folks, There Is No Way To Tell Which Is White Or Blue. “Move Over, Avril; There's A New Gun In Town. And Even Though Paramore's Lead Singer Hayley Williams Is A Few Years Younger Than Her Predecessor, She Has A Way Bigger Set Of Vocal Pipes. Lavigne And Williams Share A Similar Register, But Williams Belts It Out With Way More Control And Authority. She May Even Be More Of A Respectable Pop Idol Since Her Image Isn't Manufactured To Be Rebellious And Angst-Ridden; Instead, Williams Appears To Be A Genuinely Sweet Girl, Bottling Up A Huge Voice And A Heart Full Of Lost Loves. Filled With Crossover Potential, The Songs Are Consistent And Zippy With Catchy. Meanwhile, The Production Is Sparkling And Heavily Compressed Due To The Golden Hands Of David Bendeth, But These Ultra-Clean Sonics Also Tend To Cramp Up The Band -- Clouding The Dynamics And Turning The Listening Experience Into A Relatively Risk-Free One. When The Group Breaks Away From The Chugging Guitar Fall Out Boy Formula, They're At Their Best. Mid-Song Breakdowns And Cathartic Power Ballads (Think "Don't Speak") Showcase The Band's Maturity As Musicians. More Importantly, Williams Shines Through In These Openings. In The Last Track, "Born For This," She Takes A Break From Her Love Confessions And Commands Everyone To Sing Like It's The Last Song They Will Ever Sing, Making For A Sentimental Finale And A Perfect Closer For The Live Shows.” Jason Lymangrover, AMG. more
	Riot! Colored Vinyl - New - 159612-1 Sealed 2021 Reissue Pressed On Silver Vinyl With Custom Fueled By Ramen Hype Sticker & 75th Anniversary Atlantic Records Sticker. Limited Edition Original Pressed On Either White Or Blue Marble Colored Vinyl (1500 Each). According To The Fueled By Ramen Folks, There Is No Way To Tell Which Is White Or Blue. “Move Over, Avril; There's A New Gun In Town. And Even Though Paramore's Lead Singer Hayley Williams Is A Few Years Younger Than Her Predecessor, She Has A Way Bigger Set Of Vocal Pipes. Lavigne And Williams Share A Similar Register, But Williams Belts It Out With Way More Control And Authority. She May Even Be More Of A Respectable Pop Idol Since Her Image Isn't Manufactured To Be Rebellious And Angst-Ridden; Instead, Williams Appears To Be A Genuinely Sweet Girl, Bottling Up A Huge Voice And A Heart Full Of Lost Loves. Filled With Crossover Potential, The Songs Are Consistent And Zippy With Catchy. Meanwhile, The Production Is Sparkling And Heavily Compressed Due To The Golden Hands Of David Bendeth, But These Ultra-Clean Sonics Also Tend To Cramp Up The Band -- Clouding The Dynamics And Turning The Listening Experience Into A Relatively Risk-Free One. When The Group Breaks Away From The Chugging Guitar Fall Out Boy Formula, They're At Their Best. Mid-Song Breakdowns And Cathartic Power Ballads (Think "Don't Speak") Showcase The Band's Maturity As Musicians. More Importantly, Williams Shines Through In These Openings. In The Last Track, "Born For This," She Takes A Break From Her Love Confessions And Commands Everyone To Sing Like It's The Last Song They Will Ever Sing, Making For A Sentimental Finale And A Perfect Closer For The Live Shows.” AMG - Jason Lymangrover. more
	This Is Why Colored Vinyl - New - 075678635526 Sealed 2023 Original; This is The Gold Vinyl Variant. Custom Atlantic Records "75 Years" Hype Sticker. "Heralded By The Antagonistically Funky Title Track, Paramore's Sixth Studio Album, 2023's This Is Why, Feels Like The Band Is Bending Time, Merging The Emo-punk Of Their Youth With The Hard-Won Pop Craftsmanship They've Embraced As Adults. Produced By Carlos De La Garza, The Album Arrives On The Heels Of A Five-Year Hiatus For The Group, Following The Exhaustive Touring And Recording Schedule That Took Them From 2013's Paramore Through 2017's After Laughter. Notably, It Marks The End Of The Group's Initial Contract That Singer Hayley Williams Signed When She Was Still Just A Teenager. Darkly Serendipitous, The Group's Hiatus Also Coincided With The Covid-19 Pandemic, A Period Of Bleak Reflection But One Which Also Gave The Band's Core Trio Of Williams, Guitarist Taylor York, And Drummer Zac Farro Time To Refocus. In Williams' Case, It Also Gave Her The Space To Record Two Solo Albums. Those Albums Found Her Pushing The Creative Envelope Of Her Sound, Embracing An Arty, Experimental Style That Still Made Room For Poetic, Confessional Lyrics. It's A Balancing Act She And Paramore Also Continue To Perfect Here, Albeit With A Much Tougher, Rock-Oriented Approach. If After Laughter, With Its '80s Tom Tom Club-Esque New Wave Synths, Was A Buoyant Evocation Of Pop Renewal, This Is Why Is Its Dark, Post-punk Corollary. Williams Has Always Been Good At Transforming Her Anger Into Pop Catharsis, Burning Off High Emotions Like Karma In The Process. Back In The Early Aughts, It Was A Way Of Dealing With The Tense Creative And Personal Dynamics Within The Band. Here, She Wrestles With Her Anxieties Over Our Increasingly Fractious Political Climate, As On The Aforementioned Title Track, Or Takes Aim At The Sensationalist Media Cycle On "The News." These Kinetic Anthems Are Built Around York And Farro's Beautifully Dissonant, Percussively Swinging Guitar And Drum Interplay, A Sound That Brings To Mind The Angular Late-'70s Disco Punk Of Gang Of Four (Bloc Party Was Purportedly Another Inspiration). There's A Candid Honesty To The Album As Williams Turns Her Gaze Inwards, Admitting To Her Own Stubborn Failings, As On The Haunting "Thick Skull." This Balance Between Aggressive Punk Dynamism And Bold Self-Reflection Can Be Thrilling, As On The Driving "You First," A War-Era-U2-Sounding Song In Which Williams Admits She Might Be Her Own Worst Enemy, Singing "It Turns Out I'm Living In A Horror Film, Where I'm Both The Killer And The Final Girl." Yet More Nuanced Moments Pop Up Elsewhere As On The Languid "Big Man Little Dignity" And The Euphoric "Crave," Songs That Marry '80s Fleetwood Mac Romanticism With Dusky Shoegaze Atmospherics. It Often Feels Like Every Paramore Album Marks A New Beginning For The Band. Just When You Think They've Hit An Artistic Plateau, They Take Another Creative Leap Into The Unknown, Only To Return With What Feels Like A Deeper, More Heartfelt Statement Of Who They Are. With This Is Why, Paramore Underline That Notion, Pulling The Artistic And Emotional Threads Of Their Career Into A Cohesive, Ardent Whole." AMG - Matt Collar. more