The Song You’ll Be Hearing a Lot on Alternative Radio:
Hayley Williams, “Simmer”
When the longtime leader of a band decides to make a solo album, the resulting side project can often sound like a simple continuation of the band’s aesthetic under a different name. That won’t be the case with Paramore’s Hayley Williams, based on the first taste of her debut solo project: “Simmer” leaves the jittery ‘80s art-rock of the band’s most recent LP, After Laughter, and dives into a darker, more muscular approach, with careening guitars and skipping beats more reminiscent of Portishead than Williams’ pop-punk background. And the singer sounds more than up for the detour, her voice stretching and contorting before buckling down on a hook that could be one of alternative rock’s biggest of 2020.
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