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"UT THATŚ THE THING ABOUT 0ARAMORE THEY´RE NOT MOST PEOPLE

3URE THEY STAR TED OUT PRE TTY MUCH THE SAME AS THE RES T OF US FOUR KIDS FROM 4ENNESSEE WITH ROCK STAR DREAMS !ND ON THEIR ½RST ALBUM !LL 7E +NOW IS &ALLING THEY COVER EVER Y THING THAT (EALY DESCRIBES 4HEY ARE COCKY 4HEY ARE DE½ANT 4HEY ARE ANGRY "UT THERE THE SIMILARITIES END "ECAUSE AS THEY COLLEC TIVELY HOVER ON THE BRINK OF THAT ALL IMPORTANT DECADE CHANGE FRONTWOMAN (AYLEY 7ILLIAMS IS DRUMMER :AC &ARRO GUITARIST *OSH &ARRO AND BASSIST *EREMY $AVIS THEY´VE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO SKIP THE WHOLE SELF DOUBT PART

)NSTEAD 0ARAMORE HAS DONE THE ONE THING CONVENTIONAL WISDOM TELLS US TO NEVER EXPECT ESPECIALLY ON A SECOND ALBUM THEY DELIVERED ´S 2IOT DOESN´T CRUMBLE UNDER THE PRESSURE OF ±THE NEXT BIG THING² HYPE 2ATHER IT SEAMLESSL Y PICKS UP WHERE THEIR DEBUT LEFT OFF WITHOUT GIVING INTO ANY ½TS OF NEUROTIC INTROSPECTION )N FACT THE BAND´S SOLIDLY UNITED FRONT SEEMS TO KEEP THEM AS INDIVIDUALS ON AN EVEN KEEL ¯ SQUASHING ANY NEED FOR PARASITIC PRAISE AS WELL AS RENDERING THEM IMPERVIOUS TO THE SHARP CLAWS

OF THE MEDIA !ND EVEN AS THEIR POP PUNK CONTEMPORARIES WAVER IN CON½DENCE 0ARAMORE SOLDIERS ON ¯ CLOSING THEIR SOPHOMORE ALBUM WITH THE APTLY TITLED ±"ORN &OR 4HIS ² ) T JUS T GOES TO SHO W THEREŚ AN EXCEPTION TO EVERY RULE