Paramore - Emergency: August 30, 2006
Paramore - Emergency
If theres one thing that makes me enjoy a tune Ive never heard before its a high fist-clenchability factor. One of those choruses with a real Bon Jovi quality to it. Whether it be an honest, emotional raising of the fist or an ironic, over the top one the value of a good power grab should not be understated. Emergency, in case you hadnt already guessed, is a tune with this quality. Pure optimistic emotion pressed squeezed into digital music format.
The opening two bars sound a bit like Mew, a fact that will excite some and dissuade others. For those who dislike Mew the similarity doesnt last long, as it soon goes all Boy Sets Fire-type hardcore. The great thing about Boy Sets Fires Tomorrow Come Today is that the fist-clenching chorus are accompanied by some catchy and original guitar riffs and vocal melodies, whereas Paramore sound like their contemporaries.
The vocalist, Hayley Williams, sounds like many of the Emo frontmen in the current scene, a fact that probably says more about the other guys than her. The mix doesnt really do her voice justice though, layering it so much in the chorus that she starts to sound a bit too much like Claudio Sanchez. The guitars all sound too neat too. Wheres the meat for us to get our teeth into?
The bottom line is that despite repeated plays there really is nothing else that can be said about Paramores Emergency. It simply walks into the room, hangs about for four minutes and then leaves quietly.
6/10
Out on August 21st on Fueled By Ramen Records
www.paramore.net
23 Aug 2006 by Matt Simpson
If theres one thing that makes me enjoy a tune Ive never heard before its a high fist-clenchability factor. One of those choruses with a real Bon Jovi quality to it. Whether it be an honest, emotional raising of the fist or an ironic, over the top one the value of a good power grab should not be understated. Emergency, in case you hadnt already guessed, is a tune with this quality. Pure optimistic emotion pressed squeezed into digital music format.
The opening two bars sound a bit like Mew, a fact that will excite some and dissuade others. For those who dislike Mew the similarity doesnt last long, as it soon goes all Boy Sets Fire-type hardcore. The great thing about Boy Sets Fires Tomorrow Come Today is that the fist-clenching chorus are accompanied by some catchy and original guitar riffs and vocal melodies, whereas Paramore sound like their contemporaries.
The vocalist, Hayley Williams, sounds like many of the Emo frontmen in the current scene, a fact that probably says more about the other guys than her. The mix doesnt really do her voice justice though, layering it so much in the chorus that she starts to sound a bit too much like Claudio Sanchez. The guitars all sound too neat too. Wheres the meat for us to get our teeth into?
The bottom line is that despite repeated plays there really is nothing else that can be said about Paramores Emergency. It simply walks into the room, hangs about for four minutes and then leaves quietly.
6/10
Out on August 21st on Fueled By Ramen Records
www.paramore.net
23 Aug 2006 by Matt Simpson
posted by Matthew Simpson | 5:14 PM
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