It's a welcome juxtaposition that fuels the entire album, breathing fresh air into a genre Paramore helped define. Meanwhile, Hayley Williams wails about the necessity to hit rock bottom in order to rise again. Sleek '80s vibes color their sound with playfulness and give plenty of room for Zac Farro, Paramore's newly returned drummer, to really drive the new material home. If Paramore was like Jepsen’s Kiss radio ready and packed with hooks then After Laughter is analogous to EMOTIONthere’s more of a subtle, understated confidence in direction and the quality is steady and constant, even if it never culminates in a mega-hit akin to Still Into You or Call Me Maybe. 2017 Name: Paramore - After Laughter (2017) (Mastered For iTunes). Its two lead singles, 'Hard Times' and 'Told You So,' show the trio leaning into the pop of pop-punk. 'Review: Paramore's 'After Laughter' Triumphs Via Shiny Pop, Moody Lyrics'. Sign in to review and manage your activity, including things youve searched for. True, After Laughter is a departure from the bombast of Paramore's previous four albums. (Carrie Fisher would consider that to be unacceptable.) And Paramore's newest album, After Laughter, is riddled with the biggest truth of all: teenage angst is forever. But after misery comes laughter, because if life weren't funny, it'd just be true.

For a time, Paramore was a pillar of the scene, giving a name to the emotional business mid-2000s youths were in: misery. In a way, that cycle is what gives life to pop-punk, the genre that soundtracked so many coming-of-ages. It ebbs and flows from angst to sorrow to jaunty celebration and ecstasy. After laughter, comes the return to relative neutrality and perhaps even a little melancholy because happiness is fleeting.

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