What's The Story?
Paramore are a band from Tennessee, known for both their catchy pop-punk style and for Hayley Williams' ventures outside the band. Fences is from their second release Riot!, also known as the Paramore album with all their hits.
Who's To Blame?
A forum troll with better taste in music than in humor.
Why ♥ It?
Pop-punk is, as a genre, oft-maligned for its generic factory-produced sound. However, there are a number of bands that, once you get past the stereotypes and the labels, create some pretty neat tunes. Fences is one such example of a gem in the genre.
There's just something about Hayley Williams' voice, and that's probably why she gets so much work as a feature outside of Paramore, this song being as good an example as any. The bass line is a classic walk which is rare for Paramore and bands like them, but a walking bass line is never unwelcome. The guitar in the chorus is great, and combined with the rest of the song's atmosphere, comes off awfully heavy for a song like this. The chord progression in the solo section (2:10) is awesome, and sounds like a briefer Don't Make Me A Target (Spoon).
Is it pop? Is it punk? Don't be fooled by the label, this song rocks either way.
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