Thursday, January 21, 2021

Weezer news

Los Angeles, CA’s Weezer will release their fourteenth studio album, entitled OK Human, on Friday, January 29th on Crush Music/Atlantic. The album’s first single, “All My Favorite Songs,” can be heard now.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO “ALL MY FAVORITE SONGS”
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “ALL MY FAVORITE SONGS”

For anyone keeping score at home: 2020 was going to be the year of Van Weezer -- the big riffs rock album Weezer made as an homage to the metal bands they loved growing up -- until, thanks to the global pandemic, it suddenly wasn't.

The entire time, however, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was busy at the piano, writing a very different album that took inspiration from another vital musical touchstone of his youth: The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. Throughout the summer of Covid-19, he and the band -- along with a 38 piece orchestra -- chipped away at masked recording sessions using all analogue technology until the record was complete. The result is an album called OK Human -- a cheeky nod to Radiohead's technophobic future-trip OK Computer, but sounding nothing at all like that record.

It is the first time Weezer have ever featured full orchestration on any of their records. The string and horn arrangements were handled by album producer Jake Sinclair and arranger Rob Mathes. 

Weezer will be touring this summer, health regulations permitting, as part of the rescheduled Hella Mega tour alongside Green Day and Fall Out Boy; all tour dates are below.

The band consists of Brian Bell (backing vocals, guitar), Rivers Cuomo (vocals, guitar, piano), Scott Shriner (backing vocals, bass), and Pat Wilson (drums).

Track listing:

1. All My Favorite Songs
2. Aloo Gobi
3. Grapes of Wrath
4. Numbers
5. Playing My Piano
6. Mirror Image
7. Screens
8. Bird With A Broken Wing
9. Dead Roses
10. Everything Happens For A Reason
11. Here Comes The Rain
12. La Brea Tar Pits

Tour dates:

7/14/21 Seattle, WA @ T-Mobile Park
7/17/21 Los Angeles, CA @ Dodger Stadium
7/18/21 San Diego, CA @ Petco Park
7/20/21 San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Park
7/24/21 Arlington, TX @ Globe Life Park
7/27/21 Atlanta, GA @ SunTrust Park
7/29/21 Houston, TX @ Minute Maid Park
7/31/21 Jacksonville, FL @ TIAA Bank Field
8/1/21 Miami, FL @ Hard Rock Stadium
8/4/21 New York, NY @ Citi Field
8/5/21 Boston, MA @ Fenway Park
8/8/21 Washington, DC @ Nationals Park
8/10/21 Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
8/13/21 Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
8/15/21 Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field
8/17/21 Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
8/19/21 Pittsburgh, PA @ PNC Park
8/20/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park
8/23/21 Minneapolis, MN @ Target Field
8/25/21 Commerce City, CO @ Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

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