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It was confirmed that on [[September 13]], [[2010]], Weezer will be releasing a brand new album. In an interview, Rivers stated: "It's definitley going to have more raw rock energy on this one." | It was confirmed that on [[September 13]], [[2010]], Weezer will be releasing a brand new album. In an interview, Rivers stated: "It's definitley going to have more raw rock energy on this one." | ||
[[Image:Weezer_Hurley_LP_fullres.jpg|thumb|left|200px| | [[Image:Weezer_Hurley_LP_fullres.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Hurley'' album cover featuring Jorge Garcia from the television show ''LOST''.]] | ||
On August 4th, it was confirmed that Weezer's new album would be entitled "[[Hurley]]" and would now be released on [[September 14]], [[2010]]. This will also be Weezer's first album with their new record label Epitaph Records (which [[The Special Goodness]] were previously signed to). Because of Epitaph being a indie rock label, this will be the first album of Weezer's to be in the indie rock genre. | On August 4th, it was confirmed that Weezer's new album would be entitled "[[Hurley]]" and would now be released on [[September 14]], [[2010]]. This will also be Weezer's first album with their new record label Epitaph Records (which [[The Special Goodness]] were previously signed to). Because of Epitaph being a indie rock label, this will be the first album of Weezer's to be in the indie rock genre. | ||
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===''Death to False Metal''=== | ===''Death to False Metal''=== | ||
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===''Everything Will Be Alright in the End''=== | ===''Everything Will Be Alright in the End''=== | ||
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Shortly after the release of ''Hurley'', Cuomo first mentioned Weezer's tenth studio album to the A.V. Club, "I was talking to the producer and he was saying 'These songs sound totally different from ''Hurley''. ''Hurley'' was kind of dark, and the new songs sound like you’re 16, riding your bicycle to get a Slurpee.' As a writer, I had no idea—I wasn’t shooting for anything different. That’s just what happened to come up."<ref>Adams, Erik. "Rivers Cuomo" ''The A.V. Club''. 14 September 2010. "Rivers Cuomo" https://www.avclub.com/rivers-cuomo-1798221611</ref> | |||
In [[2020]], upon the release of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'', Cuomo summarized the period of songwriting ([[2011]]-[[2014]]) that ultimately resulted in ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' by citing several important life events: On [[December 6]], [[2009]], during Weezer's [[Raditude Tour|tour]] in support of ''[[Raditude]]'', the bus carrying [[Rivers Cuomo]], along with his [[Kyoko Ito Cuomo|wife]], [[Mia Cuomo|daughter]], nanny, and assistant [[Sarah C. Kim|Sarah Kim]], skidded off an icy road in Glen, New York. Cuomo suffered three cracked ribs and some internal bleeding. Weezer subsequently cancelled the remainder of the tour.<ref>Collis, Clark. "Weezer bus crash: Photos and chilling details" ''Entertainment Weekly. 7 December 2009. https://ew.com/article/2009/12/07/weezer-bus-crash-photos-and-chilling-details/</ref><ref>Kreps, Daniel. "Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Injured in Tour Bus Accident" | |||
''Rolling Stone''. 6 December 2009. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/weezers-rivers-cuomo-injured-in-tour-bus-accident-236013/</ref><ref>[[Karl's Corner - 12/06/2009]]</ref> "Lying on the floor of the bus, I couldn’t move, could barely breathe," Cuomo told ''Rolling Stone'' in [[2014]], "I didn’t know if I was going to live."<ref name="rstoneallright">Vozick-Levinson, Simon. "Rivers Cuomo Is Trying to Be All Right" ''Rolling Stone''. 23 September 2014. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rivers-cuomo-is-trying-to-be-all-right-167180/</ref> On [[October 8]], [[2011]], former Weezer bassist [[Mikey Welsh]] was found dead in a hotel room as a result of an overdose.<ref>Nickeas, Peter. "Drug overdose suspected in death of former Weezer bass player" ''Chicago Tribune''. 9 October 2011. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/chi-weezer-bass-player-dies-in-chicago-20111009-story.html</ref> Cuomo also lost his grandfather, a former girlfriend, and his [[Vipassana]] meditation teacher, and was separated from his family for five months due to the difficult birth of his son, Leo, during this period. | |||
Cuomo's first draft for album ten was titled ''[[Ecce Homo]]'' (Latin for "Behold the man"), deriving the title from the [[Wikipedia:Ecce_Homo_(book)|book of the same name]] by [[Wikipedia:Friedrich_Nietzsche|Friedrich Nietzsche]]. "I wanted to make a complex, classic album,” Cuomo told ''Rolling Stone'', "And I knew it was going to take time."<ref name="rstoneallright" /> The concept for ''Ecce Homo'' centered around a character named [[Sebastian]] who, for deliberately ambiguous reasons, appeared to exist throughout various eras of history and, over the course of the narrative, realize the necessity of faith in a higher power. Some of these ideas carried over into the narrative of ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End''. Around this period, Cuomo reconciled with his father, [[Frank Cuomo|Frank]], who left the family when Rivers was very young and later became a Pentecostal preacher (as alluded to in the Weezer song "[[Say It Ain't So]],"). Said Cuomo, "Now that I’m a father, I’ve forgiven my parents."<ref name="rstoneallright" /> | |||
From [[2010]] through [[2014]], select fans were invited to attend focus groups to listen to in-progress demos and allow Weezer to receive feedback. | |||
[[Image:Weezer EWBAITE.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Album art painted by Chris McMahon.]] | |||
In October of [[2013]], Cuomo confided with fans that Weezer would begin working with producer [[Ric Ocasek]] in January.<ref>Heisel, Scott. "Weezer to record new album with Ric Ocasek starting in January; greatest hits album in the works" ''Alternative Press''. 28 October 2013. https://www.altpress.com/news/weezer_to_record_new_album_with_ric_ocasek_starting_in_january_greatest_hit/</ref> On [[March 19]], [[2014]], Weezer uploaded a short teaser video, featuring clips of the song "[[Flight Plans]]" and "[[Ain't Got Nobody]]," to their official channel announcing that they had entered the studio. The band continued uploading teasers on a weekly basis until the album's release. Cuomo, however, soon felt he had hit a creative wall. Said Cuomo, "I had a lot of songs, but I didn’t have total confidence in anything I was doing."<ref name="rstoneallright" /> After his [[Vipassana]] meditation retreat that May, however, Cuomo found clarity on the album's direction.<ref name="rstoneallright" /> | |||
In the end, ''Everything Will Be Alright In The End'' received strong reviews, with a Metacritic score (an aggregation of many critic scores) of 77, the highest score since 1996's ''[[Pinkerton]]''. Pitchfork, in their 6.5/10 review, asked "How good does a Weezer album have to be before it can be considered actually good? As it turns out, about this good." Kerrang! praised the album for doing what Weezer does best in their 10/10 review: "It's just an album of bona fide, polished, often odd, perfect pop-rock." | |||
===''Weezer (The White Album)''=== | ===''Weezer (The White Album)''=== | ||