Papa Roach

The Paramour Sessions

Geffen

Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack)

09/19/2006 10:31am

Don't let their trendy emo haircuts fool you — Papa Roach still make music that harks back to the days where people gave a shit about Korn and Limp Bizkit. Somehow, however inexplicably, they still manage to crack mainstream radio, and The Paramour Sessions is chock full of minor-key power-chordage that will surely continue to pollute the airwaves. Frontman Jacoby Shaddix flexes his lyrical muscle with choice lines like "We never fell in love, we only fell apart/I'm getting lonely, I need someone to hold me" on "The World Around You," and that sums up the entire album. There's a special place in Hell reserved for bands who still wave the nu-metal flag, and Papa Roach are headed straight to it.