With their comparatively simple structures, uplifting hooks and polished production, “Renegade” and “Hello Cold World” hark back to the innocent pop-punk fun of the Riot! era. In the short space of just over 13 minutes, Paramore touch on bits of their past and on sounds which are relatively new. In terms of quality, the songs don’t quite match up to Paramore’s previous material- the hooks aren’t quite as strong or as catchy, but they’re decent enough and it’s refreshing to see that the band are ready to move on so eagerly and are determined to find out for themselves what the future holds for them. Their image and authenticity were also damaged following ex-member Josh Farro’s claims that Paramore were ‘manufactured’ and that Hayley Williams treated the band as backing instrumentalists to her own solo project.Īlthough not particularly cohesive (the songs having been released individually already), the EP provides a small collection of tracks that give a brief glimpse into Paramore’s world over their first year after the Farro brothers. Whether the band could keep together or not (considering that of the three remaining members, one had already quit the band once before and another had only officially joined around a year previously- on top of the frictions that the band had supposedly been experiencing for a while) was called into question and even if they could, there were doubts as to if they’d be able keep up with the quality of music that had previously ensured they remained ahead of their peers in their competitive musical field.

When Paramore, pretty explosively, lost two of their key members in late 2010, there was a general feeling that the band were likely to be on the brink of collapse. Review Summary: Although not their strongest work to date, Singles Club EP proves post-Farro Paramore aren’t willing to let one or two setbacks derail them

Paramore singles club songs