Formed in their teens and now in their 30s, it looks like all is finally well in the notoriously volatile world of Tennessee guitar pop band Paramore. This is their sixth album and the first to be recorded with the same line-up as the one before. Everyone has been in and out aside from firebrand frontwoman Hayley Williams, but even she, in the time since 2017’s After Laughter, has released two solo albums.
That doesn’t mean it’s all hearts and flowers in the music, however. On the cover, Williams, guitarist Taylor York and drummer Zac Farro appear smooshed uncomfortably up against glass, and the album begins with a title track that wallows in paranoia and bitterness. “If you have an opinion, maybe you should shove it,” Williams croons with sweet menace, bemoaning the fact that everyone has a stance on her fragile trio and concluding: “This is why I don’t leave the house.”
