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A new producer was signed, [[Jake Sinclair]], whom the band met during the recording for ''[[Raditude]]''. Sinclair, being a self-proclaimed Weezer fan, [[wannabeezer|posted]] on the website [[allthingsweezer.com]] after the album was announced to reassure fans and share pieces of information from the album. | A new producer was signed, [[Jake Sinclair]], whom the band met during the recording for ''[[Raditude]]''. Sinclair, being a self-proclaimed Weezer fan, [[wannabeezer|posted]] on the website [[allthingsweezer.com]] after the album was announced to reassure fans and share pieces of information from the album. | ||
When work began for the album, Sinclair invited Cuomo to his home studio, prompting Cuomo to show his Dropbox account to Jake, which had roughly 235 songs and demos. | When work began for the album, Sinclair invited Cuomo to his home studio, prompting Cuomo to show his Dropbox account to Jake, which had roughly 235 songs and demos. | ||
Only one song would make the cut: "California Kids" (originally titled "California" and recorded for his Japanese language side-project, [[Scott & Rivers]]), which became the inspiration for the "beach/nautical theme of the album" | Only one song would make the cut: "[[California Kids]]" (originally titled "California" and recorded for his Japanese language side-project, [[Scott & Rivers]]), which became the inspiration for the "beach/nautical theme of the album" | ||
The album has some classic-sounding songs like the ''[[Pinkerton]]'' style "[[Do You Wanna Get High?]]" and the ''[[The Blue Album]]''-sounding "[[L.A. Girlz]]." There are also some new and modern sounding tracks like "[[Thank God for Girls]]" and "[[Jacked Up]]." Rivers has said that he was pushing for the new sound, while Jake wanted more classic style songs. | The album has some classic-sounding songs like the ''[[Pinkerton]]'' style "[[Do You Wanna Get High?]]" and the ''[[The Blue Album]]''-sounding "[[L.A. Girlz]]." There are also some new and modern sounding tracks like "[[Thank God for Girls]]" and "[[Jacked Up]]." Rivers has said that he was pushing for the new sound, while Jake wanted more classic style songs. | ||