6/9/2023 0 Comments Paramore 26 m4a![]() If Paramore’s 2017 album After Laughter was playful enough to tackle Hayley Williams’ struggles with mental illness with a slight smirk and healthy dose of bright, 80s-inspired synthpop, the singer’s solo debut is more candid though still defiant in its exploration of the interminable lows that come with battling depression. Until then, though, these are the albums we’ve held onto through this tumultuous first half of 2020. ![]() Nobody knows exactly what the future holds, but what’s certain is that the music landscape is going to look a lot different in the next few months, with more artists actively reflecting on everything that’s happened during the year – be it in the form of a quarantine album following in the footsteps of Charli XCX or a protest soundtrack à la Run the Jewels. Others, meanwhile, have offered some much-needed distraction. Some of the albums released this year have felt incredibly pertinent, even those that were written and recorded before the pandemic hit. But over the past few months, music has provided not only solace, but also a sense of perspective, with plenty of artists already responding to the current state of things through their music. ![]() In the midst of an uprising and a devastating global pandemic, it can sound silly to talk about music. It feels strange – maybe even a little misguided – to associate anything to come out of the first six months of 2020 with the word “good”, let alone “best”.
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