Paramore will release its first album in more than three years when its self-titled fourth studio album comes out April 9, 2013. The first single, whose release has not been announced, will be “Now.”
The album, produced by Justin Meldal-Johnson, will be the first studio set since 2009″s “Brand New Eyes” and the 2010 departure of founding members/brothers Josh and Zac Farro. The band now officially exists as a trio: singer Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis and guitarist Taylor York.
“The whole making of this album was a rediscovering of ourselves as a band an as friend,” the trio wrote on its website. “It was a process that allowed us the freedom to explore new territory artistically and to liberate ourselves as musicians, singers, as people! Sincerely, we feel that the best way to give it a name is just to call it what it is. This album is us.”
The band has originally promised a new album out by the end of 2012. That didn”t happen and the last we”ve heard from the band were a couple of tunes released through Paramore”s Singles Club, including “Renegades” and “Hello Cold World.” The group announced the Singles Club in October 2011 as a way to get new songs to fans by the end of 2011 to tide them over until the new album in 2012 2013.
Paramore also announced a Southeast Asian/Australian tour, which will start in the Spring. The outing will include dates in Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines.