This Is Why

2023, Feb 10

Apple Spotify Discogs Post-Punk Revival 99 Highly Rated Atlantic Records Pitchfork 6.3/10 The Needle Drop 8/10 NME 5/5 The Line of Best Fit 9/10 Paste 7.1/10 Evening Standard 4/5 Kerrang! 4/5 Rolling Stone 4/5 Dork 5/5 DIY 5/5 The Independent 4/5 The Forty Five 4/5 All Music 4.5/5 Exclaim! 9/10 Under The Radar 8.0/10 Clash 9/10 Blabbermouth.net 8/10 Distorted Sound 8/10 The Guardian 4/5 Spectrum Culture 75% Sputnikmusic 3.6/5 The Telegraph 4/5 The Arts Desk 5/5

Pitchfork 6.3/10 Hayley Williams and co. pivot to jittery, crackling post-punk on their sixth album, but the monotone vocals and political lyrics don’t always play to their strengths.

NME 5/5 The trio's clear-eyed and powerful sixth album encapsulates their journey to becoming a generation-defining band

The Line of Best Fit 9/10 Like all good jangling indie bop purveyors, beneath the fluctuations of chipper notes from Paramore swims a dark underbelly, and This Is Why relishes in this fact

Evening Standard 4/5 The Tennessee guitar pop band’s sixth album ranges from volcanic energy to slower tracks that suggest an appealing maturity

Kerrang! 4/5 Tennessee titans Paramore ponder life, love and what we lose as the world grows louder on striking sixth album This Is Why…

Rolling Stone 4/5 Review: Paramore's 'This Is Why'

DIY 5/5 Their most ambitious album yet.

The Independent 4/5 Hayley Williams shouts lines like protest slogans on a sixth album that unravels the myriad contradictions of modern life

The Forty Five 4/5 Paramore don't care about nostalgia. On bold and different sixth album, 'This Is Why', they prove they are far from a legacy band.

Under The Radar 8.0/10 Paramore have got us where they want us now.

Clash 9/10 Paramore have rebuilt their house again - and they’ve settled in right away. Standing taller than ever, on 'This Is Why', they’ve taken the same raw

Blabbermouth.net 8/10 Six years have passed since PARAMORE released their last album, 2017's "After Laughter", but so much has changed in that time. The Nashville punk-pop band's latest album, "This is Why", is a snapshot of today and what the world has experienced over the past three or so crazy years. PARAMORE rose to...

Distorted Sound 8/10 Will Marshall reviews the new album from returning emo giants Paramore! Read the review of 'This Is Why' here on Distorted Sound!

The Guardian 4/5 The pop-punk band have progressed from teenage bile to thirtysomething angst, expressed with agitated drumming, angular guitars, big riffs and heartfelt lyrics

The Telegraph 4/5 The Australian jazz singer wants to be on the move, Paramore sound a little different, and Yo La Tengo cycle through life and death