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Paramore talk upcoming new album This Is Why, inspired by British bands Bloc Party and Wet Leg

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Paramore have begun to reveal the details of their forthcoming new album, This Is Why. The first album by the pop-punk pioneers since 2017's New Wave-inspired After Laughter, This Is Why has been preceded by its title track; a spiky lament about social commentary and the nature of online criticism, which sounds a lot like a (very good) Talking Heads song.

Speaking to The Guardian, Hayley Williams, Taylor York and Zac Farro confirm that the album's sonics will be a step-away from the heavy synths of After Laughter, instead finding new life in a soundtrack of 00s indie landfill.

As such, the album carries heavy influences from the British indie-rock outfit Bloc Party, as well as finding modern-day inspiration through the sound of breakthrough darlings Wet Leg. "It felt so urgent," Williams says of the sound. "Important, a little bit cocky.

Bloc Party, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Rapture, Glassjaw – those are characters, people that were larger-than-life indie superstars." Farro also said that during studio sessions for This Is Why whenever the band started questioning if the songs were perhaps going too OTT, they had a clear motive: "Give 'em the goods." And you can't argue with that, can you?

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