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'''''Weezer''''', also known as "The Black Album", is Weezer's upcoming twelfth album. It was intended as a follow-up album to 2016's ''[[Weezer (The White Album)]]''. The album that was supposed to contrast the ''[[Weezer (The White Album)]]'' lyrically and musically. It had faced many delays the album halted production as they released 2017's [[Pacific Daydream]]. Rivers had stated in multiple interviews that the album was going to be urban, feature more synths, and would be ten steps further than [[Pacific Daydream]]. While Rivers stated that the album was nearly done for a May 2018 release date, Pat and Brian both said that it was in the demo stage as of February 2018. | '''''Weezer''''', also known as "The Black Album", is Weezer's upcoming twelfth album. It was intended as a follow-up album to 2016's ''[[Weezer (The White Album)]]''. The album that was supposed to contrast the ''[[Weezer (The White Album)]]'' lyrically and musically. It had faced many delays the album halted production as they released 2017's [[Pacific Daydream]]. Rivers had stated in multiple interviews that the album was going to be urban, feature more synths, and would be ten steps further than [[Pacific Daydream]]. While Rivers stated that the album was nearly done for a May 2018 release date, Pat and Brian both said that it was in the demo stage as of February 2018. The album was given a release date officially for March 1st, 2019. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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In April, Cuomo gave more detail about the sound of the Black Album which he said would be coming out 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, synthesized 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 out 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, synthesized 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 another interview in April he said that the Black Album would “require new psychological techniques, new writing techniques, new places to hang out, like Echo Park and Silver Lake. Psychoanalysis is going to play a big role. It's going to be more R-rated, with maybe swear words for the first time on a Weezer album."[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-dream-life-of-rivers-cuomo-20160407] | In another interview in April, he said that the Black Album would “require new psychological techniques, new writing techniques, new places to hang out, like Echo Park and Silver Lake. Psychoanalysis is going to play a big role. It's going to be more R-rated, with maybe swear words for the first time on a Weezer album."[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-dream-life-of-rivers-cuomo-20160407] | ||
Cuomo would summarize the sound as “Beach Boys gone bad.”[http://diymag.com/2016/04/20/weezer-new-material-black-album] | Cuomo would summarize the sound as “Beach Boys gone bad.”[http://diymag.com/2016/04/20/weezer-new-material-black-album] | ||
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In May 2018, Rivers played a new song at a solo-acoustic set called [[Cardigan Disaster]], which matched the descriptions of the Black Album as the song includes the lyrics "midnight in the city" and features swearing. | In May 2018, Rivers played a new song at a solo-acoustic set called [[Cardigan Disaster]], which matched the descriptions of the Black Album as the song includes the lyrics "midnight in the city" and features swearing. | ||
Despite the rumors of it not happening, the 10-track album was confirmed with [[Can't Knock The Hustle]] as the lead single. | |||
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| title1 = [[Can't Knock The Hustle]] | |||
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==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitars, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitars, lead vocals, piano | ||
*[[Patrick Wilson]] – drums | *[[Patrick Wilson]] – drums | ||
*[[Brian Bell]] – guitars, backing vocals | *[[Brian Bell]] – guitars, backing vocals, keyboard | ||
*[[Scott Shriner]] – bass guitar, backing vocals, synthesizers | *[[Scott Shriner]] – bass guitar, backing vocals, synthesizers | ||