New album art is done by the same artist who does Dance Gavin Dance's art! Mattias Adolfsson. That is the most exciting part lol.

best single since LA Girlz honestly

drifted away from them a lot over the years but i really really liked that so i guess time to reacquaint myself

I LOVE IT THANKS TIVERS

I am very pleasantly surprised how this one turned out... the Chamber Pop influences & lush orchestrations work very well and sound new for Weezer. The lyrics feel like classic Weezer - while not on the level of Blue or Pinkerton, they're if anything at least close to the level of Everything Will Be Alright In The End or White. There is no build-up here, but there doesn't have to be one. The song is just consistently solid.

I love this.

I am really looking forward to both of their albums this year.

I listened to this and I already forgot it

Curious here Ryan. Considering rock is dominated by white acts what makes this ‘white people rock’ over, say, Guns n Roses?

it was ok

real original album name. song ain't bad

Ok boomers

2020 was so fucked that Weezer teased us about one album, then delayed it, then wrote and recorded a whole different album, and will now be releasing THAT first.

Not too bad.

Song is fine and has potential to match White album quality. Here's to hoping for a White album caliber album and not a black album caliber!

We get to be disappointed by two Weezer albums this year!

'White People Rock'

What like 99 percent of rock music?

biden really lit a fire under the asses of washed up rockers. weezer, foo fighters. can't wait for uncle kracker to make a comeback.

Nice google ad. Shit song with canned violins tbh

All my favorite songs are slow and sad
Wait for them to ask you why you're mad

This is bad even by Weezer standards lol

Ah yea, another album that’s gonna leave me accused of being a hateful fuck for how much shit I’m about to give it

By literally who?



Rowan?

that is exactly who I’m talking about yes

Weezer has been ear cancer for about 2 decades now

anyone who would say otherwise is the outlier as far as i'm concerned

Weezer has been ear cancer for about 2 decades now [3]

skimming thru the black album thread is bringing back the mems

to be fair, I was being a hateful fuck

but it’s weezer in gimp suits, that doesn’t really fill me with joy.

idk if you knew this noler, but you're allowed to have more than one sentence in a comment. See, like this. Stop using the submit button in lieu of periods.

man

I’m not even gonna address that

dont expose noler like that it's for dramatic effect !!!

I dunno if it's dramatic, but I read those comments in the voice of that kid from Malcolm in the Middle who had only one lung.

that’s the point

fuck a sentence, smash that motherfuckin submit button

Is it just me or does Rivers sound like he's consciously trying to make his voice sound "younger" on this song?

Anyway this is pretty much drivel but that should be obvious at this point, band was semi-decent at their peak 25 years ago and they've only been sliding downhill since then

they wrote the second best "sweater" song I can think of off the top of my head, thats something at least

I give it 3.5/5 sweaters

What's the first? Autumn sweater by yo la tengo?

the alexisonfire song where he goes "SWEATER!"

jfc did they intentionally write this so it could be used for commercials and ads?

Probably. That's where all the real royalty money is anyway.

So, is Van Weezer just not happening? Thank god.

nvm read the last sentence ugh

2021 looks to be the year of two great Weezer records.

Knowing Rivers, he'll promptly follow them up with a double album of trap songs.

its offensive how unoffensively bland this is

not big on the strings but rivers knows his way around a hook

sounds like a 3

Ehhhh, it's so plain. It's just like a smartphone commercial lol (is that the point?)

weezer is just one 30+ year long smartphone commercial

All of Pacific Daydream is way better than this. Slept on album

Nevermind, it's lodged itself in my brain and now I'm really enjoying it.

Pacific Daydream is so middling but it has its moments of greatness.

I suppose Gym Class Heroes are the only "non white people" rock band

The only thing great about this is the album artwork. Yet we continue to be tortured by their music...

every time I log onto this hell site recently pots and that other dude who's probably Colton are talking about me. it's gettin weird guys, might need my mum to come pick me up

at least insult me on my review threads instead of the desolate wasteland of a news article smh

“that other dude who's probably Colton“
🤔

I need Detective Ars on the case

nothing good has ever been said in the comment section of a sputnik news article. except for this comment of course

The freaking hellsite xD

Rowan the way you talk about sput makes it sound like it's your own personal hell, what exactly have you done to deserve the terrible fate of not only being compelled against your will to log in to this godforsaken site every day but to also be burdened with that horrifying STAFF REVIEWER tag seemingly issued by the devil himself?

my concept of who Rowan even is couldn't be more vague. can't recall ever saying anything about him in my life and I can't see anyone in this thread saying anything about him either lol

nvm I see it now. you're saying I'm Noler? hahaha

having a normal one here on the hellsite lmaoooo

colton is a noler alt confirmed

this explains so much

I’m a musicreviewer44 alt

we are actually all one unified sowing alt, all experiencing the same reality through different lenses

"they wrote the second best "sweater" song I can think of off the top of my head, thats something at least"

The best is obviously Mr. Burns' "See My Vest"

Idk. This song kinda slaps.

this goddamn site saps the fucking lifeforce from me every day

🤣

"Rowan the way you talk about sput makes it sound like it's your own personal hell, what exactly have you done to deserve the terrible fate of not only being compelled against your will to log in to this godforsaken site every day but to also be burdened with that horrifying STAFF REVIEWER tag seemingly issued by the devil himself?"

I once listened to a arcade fire. a small lapse in judgement, yet my cruel punishment is to eternally lurk on forum sites, endlessly arguing the merits of weezer with people who like zack snyder films and star wars

someone put me out of my misery. please

Rofl

"endlessly arguing the merits of weezer with people who like zack snyder films and star wars"

no one wins in that scenario

Perhaps we all share the same fate and the same crime

"OK Human"

lol... ok

the problem with trying to give rowan shit is he's actually a great dude

For an Australian

Rowan6969

lol thank you thank you

on the list of all Australians I think I rank slightly above friendlyjordies but a few cuts below Staff Reviewer Jacquibim

On a scale from sach to staff reviewer jacquibim...

Ramon to Rowan sounds catchier actually

"New Weezer song" How depressing, man.

I think calling the album Kid B would have been better

That’s obviously going to be what they call the b-sides

> Boring AF. Typical for this band. White people rock.

Yeah ikr, these dweebs, why don't they listen to Inuit Rock like a COOL person.

it seems like this video and song were made like 13-15 years ago

I was under the impression that Rowan was the anti-Christ.

I mean, who else gatekeeps Crowded House sputnik avatars? *shudders*

Pepperidge Farm Remembers.

Cake>Weezer and that includes the blue album

@noler thank you, I completely forgot about Cake until now.

Broke: Having zero good material to include on a new album

Woke: Having zero good material to include on two new albums

Bespoke: Having zero good material to include on every album since Pinkerton

It's not too bad.

Well, it's one of the best singles they've written in the past 5 years, so you can really take that how you will

I expected worse, this is not that bad

just sounds like pacific daydream v2

sounds like it was written by Rivers on autopilot but I like the instrumental style so hopefully it will be utilized on better cuts on the album

2.5 years ago I would've said "lol who cares" but I have since added Weezer to my ultime guilty pleasure list. I even like their "bad" stuff, so I'm excited for this.

OK Computer is about to be the second best album with OK in the title.

hmm doesn't sound like Pinkerton at all! lock Rivers up the vilest conditions America permits

"OK Computer is about to be the second best album with OK in the title."

What about OK Go's first album? Check, MATE!

Not bad. The moustache might sign a variated album, just like Red Album. Fingers crossed.

I really like the point of the song / video being about using technology to connect with people in a realistically personal sense instead of letting isolating habits get to you; We really need that right now.
The instrumental's... alright. It serves it's purpose.

It leaked

whats the verdict, white album or black album?

White lite

I'll take it then. Sounds like Mattias's album cover wasnt used for absolute trash at least.

It is what we didn't do that I got us to this place.