Former Paramore guitarist Josh Farro has released his solo track, ‘Cliffs’. Somewhat removed from Paramore’s sound, it mixes his pop-rock influences with an 80s avant-garde feel, similar in parts to the recent No Devotion sound.
“One day I was like, “What am I doing? I want to make music. I want to make an album”,” Farro tells Billboard when asked about his journey from Paramore to his solo release.
As well as confirming that brother Zac features on the record but will not be playing the tracks live, Josh puts any thoughts of playing his co-written Paramore tracks to bed.
“Paramore was a totally different season and I appreciate it and I’m really thankful for it,” he says. “We didn’t end on the best terms, but everything is cool now. It’s taken a lot of time. It’s like an ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend. My ex-girlfriends from high school, I don’t still hang out with them.”
“I can definitely say from my end, there’s no hard feelings and I feel like that’s a mutual feeling from both sides,” he concludes.
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