It’s not the Weezer album I asked for or even wanted, but at the end of the day I enjoyed it immensely anyway. It was produced by Dave Sitek who’s mainly known for working with the indie band Tv On The Radio and has in the past produced records for Beyonce & Jay-Z and the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s. River’s kept referring to this as a “bad boy” version of what the Beach Boys would sound like. !This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. helped Rivers write this tune through a series of text message exchanges. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.Series of questions that intends to reveal something about the personalitySeries of questions with right and wrong answers that intends to check knowledgeSubmit your own item and vote up for the best submissionThe Controversy Surrounding “The Last of Us Part...Coming Soon to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+,...This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Frankly I’m just happy Weezer is still making music and their having fun doing it. The album’s songs were entirely written on piano by frontman Rivers Cuomo for the first time in Weezer history, creating some of the most satisfyingly awesome songs in the entire hits-filled Weezer catalogue. While this isn’t a revolutionary topic itself, the way the story is told is the hook. The only thing that can match such lofty desires would be a lifelong passion for film. Prolific LA pop punk band Weezer have hinted at the release of a new album later this year. All this means is that The Black Album feels like the most fully realized latter-day Weezer album: it may flagrantly draw from old and new elements of pop culture, yet it belongs to its own feverish world. It was produced by Dave Sitek who’s mainly known for working with the indie band Tv On The Radio and has in the past produced records for Beyonce & Jay-Z and the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s. Unlike Pacific Daydream or The White Album, The Black Album doesn’t appear to have designs on modern rock radio; there may be sops to the audience, but there’s no attempt to chase a trend.
These cookies do not store any personal information.I suppose my story begins(as most do) on the day of my birth. With band members switching up instruments in the studio, and choruses filtered through Sitek’s own encyclopedic musical references of everything from Gorillaz to Can to Pink Floyd, Weezer (The Black Album) is the bold next step in the winning streak of acclaimed albums they’ve released since 2014.Rivers Cuomo rumbled about recording The Black Album back in 2016, when he was in the thick of promoting The White Album — a record designed to modernize the adolescent angst at the heart of Weezer’s earliest music.
While I get the feeling that Rivers wrote this song to be aimed at his fans like I said earlier, the brilliant wordplay on display masks that intent somewhat. I am quite elated to be able to relate my thoughts and opinions on all things film with those who take the time to read them. 2017’s Pacific Daydream was the bands most polished and some would say “sterile” effort yet. The rest of the song speaks of someone who exists way too much in his or her own head and gets bogged down in everyone else’s opinions of how they operate. It just felt so boring and lacking of any sort of soul or that unique flavor Weezer almost always brings to the table. by: Peyton Thomas According to an interview last year with Upset Magazine, the album would be titled "The Black Album", perhaps as a companion album to their "White album" that dropped last year.
We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. The music is a little faster paced but absolutely very melancholic in its melody. While the production values are still steeped in modern pop sensibilities, the lyrical honesty and pervasive ennui all over The Black Album give it a more authentic sense of purpose than what came before it.