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Cuomo first talked about the Black album when appearing on Zane Lowe’s radio show in February 2017, saying the "White Album is cool ‘cause then next we can do a Black Album and it'll be like super dark. Already working on those songs. I just love contrast."[https://pitchfork.com/news/63610-weezer-share-la-girlz-rivers-cuomo-says-hes-already-working-on-the-black-album/] | Cuomo first talked about the Black album when appearing on Zane Lowe’s radio show in February 2017, saying the "White Album is cool ‘cause then next we can do a Black Album and it'll be like super dark. Already working on those songs. I just love contrast."[https://pitchfork.com/news/63610-weezer-share-la-girlz-rivers-cuomo-says-hes-already-working-on-the-black-album/] | ||
The frontman followed up in March, indicating that he was planning to work with Jake Sinclair again, who produced the White Album. He wanted to do something radical and said “Jake | The frontman followed up in March, indicating that he was planning to work with Jake Sinclair again, who produced the White Album. He wanted to do something radical and said “Jake, our producer, was very much the voice of conservatism, on the side of the old-school fans... He won on [White], and I'm gonna win on the next album, which is the Black Album.” He also stated that he had been working on the record for 6 months.[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-rivers-cuomo-20160327-story.html] | ||
In April, Cuomo gave more detail about the sound of the Black Album which he said would be coming on in a year. “The next album is going to feel like an urban environment, night-time and gritty and hopefully a lot more modern sounds, synthesised sounds, samples maybe. I like to break away from the distorted power-chord thing but it’s hard ‘cos it works so well.”[https://www.upsetmagazine.com/news/read/rivers-cuomo-talks-about-weezers-gritty-black-album/] | In April, Cuomo gave more detail about the sound of the Black Album which he said would be coming on in a year. “The next album is going to feel like an urban environment, night-time and gritty and hopefully a lot more modern sounds, synthesised sounds, samples maybe. I like to break away from the distorted power-chord thing but it’s hard ‘cos it works so well.”[https://www.upsetmagazine.com/news/read/rivers-cuomo-talks-about-weezers-gritty-black-album/] | ||