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Perth Now
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- Perth Now
Paramore drops new tracks to celebrate All We Know Is Falling's 20th anniversary
Paramore have released four new tracks as part of their deluxe edition of All We Know Is Falling. The Hard Times hitmakers - which consists of singer Hayley Williams, drummer Zac Farro and guitarist Taylor York - released a new version of their debut album to celebrate its 20th anniversary on Friday (25.07.25), and the band have now dropped four additional tracks. The EP contains three new songs from Paramore - O Star, This Circle and an earlier version of Emergency. The album also includes a cover of the Failure song Stuck On You. The tracklist also features Emergency - Crab Mix, a remix featuring intensified screamo-style vocals from Josh Farro, the brother of drummer Zac Farro, who departed the band in 2010. O Star is a slower, more reflective song that captures the band's determination during the early stages of their career in a challenging industry. Meanwhile, This Song reflects on the feeling of being trapped in the same place while convincing yourself that progress has been made. Both tracks were originally featured on their 2006 EP The Summer Tic, which was exclusively sold during that year's Warped Tour. The last of the new songs is a cover of Failure's Stuck On You. Williams previously said that the band was 'one of the top three reasons why Paramore even exists'. York added that the band has 'been one of the most influential on [his] guitar playing'. This comes after Williams debuted her new solo song Mirtazapine, on Nashville public radio station WNXP. The track is the 36-year-old singer's first solo work since 2021's Flowers For Vases / Descansos, and it has also been teased that a B-side, titled Glum, is due to drop at a later date. Before the song's release, Williams teased its theme by sharing a grainy photo of a Mirtazapine bottle on Instagram. On the track, she sings: "Here comes my genie in a screw cap bottle/ To grant me temporary solace. I could never be without her/ I had to write a song about her/ Who am I without you now?/ Mirtazapine, you make me eat, you make me sleep/ Mirtazapine, you let me dream."
Gulf Weekly
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Weekly
A musical dialogue
American musician Zac Farro drops his debut solo album Operator tomorrow. Primarily known as a founding member and the drummer of Grammy-winning rock band Paramore, the artist is now embarking on a new journey with nine tracks, which he initially 'did not have too much of a vision for' but they eventually came together while working in the studio with close friends and co-writers Josh Gilligan and Matt Chancey. Zac said that he let 'vibe and intuition guide him' without an overarching theme in mind, which led to creating a relatable body of work exploring shared human experiences such as anxieties, family issues and communication. 'We said, let's show up at the studio and see what happens,' the 35-year-old recalled. 'I've always had such a vision, even sometimes the name of an album, before I go in, this one was like, if we're together, the magic will reveal itself. And it did,' he added. The creative talent said that despite running a solo musical project titled HalfNoise, he chose to release the record under his own name due to it being his most personal creation, as it is expected to musically feature sounds inspired by 70's rock and psychedelic tunes the artist sought through his personal hard times. 'This record is an entire inner dialogue with myself, within myself, so it felt right to cut out the middleman and go 'This is Zac Farro'. It's exciting and it feels a lot more pointed,' he explained. The drummer embarked on his musical career with Paramore at the age of 14 in 2004; he departed from the band in 2010 to create HalfNoise. Seven years later, Zac returned as a drummer for Paramore, which currently consists of him alongside vocalist Hayley Williams and guitarist Taylor York. Under HalfNoise, Zac released five studio albums, with the latest one being City Talk in 2023. With Paramore, the drummer was involved in the band's entire discography with the exception of their 2013 self-titled album.
