Yesterday, Paramore’s lead singer Hayley Williams posted some disappointing news for some of their fans in europe. They canceled the last week of their UK/Europe tour due to “internal issues”. The band tried fighting through these problems for a few weeks, but decided that some time off would be best.
Today, she posted again to quell rumors that they were breaking up, or that she was pregnant. Now, does anyone really care? Maybe…but to me, they are just a dime a dozen in this industry. In other words, they ain’t no Blink-182.
hello everyone…
since we posted the last entry, we’ve gotten tons of phone calls and people posting things on websites saying that we are breaking up. i just want to make it clear, though, that by posting two nights ago we weren’t saying the band was over. we posted because we are going through hard times and we felt that because we have a really good support system in you guys, our fans, it would be better for us to just be honest about what’s going on - even though, it was a pretty vague explanation. man, some of the rumors that i’ve heard going around are insane! it’s weird how out of hand things can get even when you just try to tell a simple truth. (for the record, my eggo is not preggo). anyway, we just need to take time to make this band the best it can be… and we are doing that now.
thank you for all the love and the encouragement you guys have shown. and WE WILL! be seeing you guys on the 27th of March in Orlando, FL
Fans of Nada Surf (I’m an admitted one), have been waiting for a new album since 2005! I remember seeing them at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas that year, and while they were the opening act and fairly new to people who only follow mainstream, they blew the audience away with excellent vocals and really set the tone for the night that was about to follow.
Lucky, their fifth album, should then prove to everyone that The Weight is a Gift was not a fluke. It features many guest artists, one being Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab For Cutie and the Postal Service fame). He sort of hinted at that during the December, 2005 concert; calling them out and praising them, during Death Cab’s own act.
Letting it play in iTunes, I wasn’t sure what to expect. But once “See These Bones” and “Whose Authority” came around, I knew I was to be in for a treat. Nada Surf has sort of found a groove playing slow to mid-tempo songs. Their lyrics and delivery are like a mix between Death Cab’s emotions and Motion City Soundtrack’s metaphorical weirdness.
Nada Surf is a band that I prefer to listen to alone. I’m not saying this in a bad way. The lyrics sort of sink in and you get the full effect all the way until the last depressing sentence in “The Film Did Not Go ‘Round.” Pop it in and give it a listen. See if you like it or LOVE it.
