Inb4 the expected cliche of "nothing beyond 'blue' and 'pinkerton' is worth a shit", or that all of weezer sucks...
So, the White album was pretty much their best effort since the Green album. "Maladroit" had some great songs but as a whole, seemed incomplete. Green album was flashy but way too short. White album seemed to have more texture. "Everything Will Be..." was touted as a "return" to form; but for me, it was just more bullshit from Cuomo, trying too hard to capture the Weezer sound (though "Go Away" is probably its best song).
I don't know what the fuck to say about "Pacific Daydream". It's like Cuomo went completely adult contempo. There are a few tracks that stand out ("Mexican Fender", "Feels Like Summer", "Any Friend of Diane's") but man...it's hard to call it a departure, because it just feels like no effort was made in making this unique.
I hated "Raditude" (besides "Make Believe", probably their weakest album), but at least the standout tracks were vintage Weezer. This is nothing like Weezer.
Everything they did to right the ship in last year's record seems to have completely come undone here. I'll give it that it's short and painless. But it should at least be fun to listen to. Who knows, maybe it'll serve as background music. But they're way more than capable of something better than that.
Still excited to see them w/ the Pixies next summer though. Fuck it. Maybe their Black album will be released by then...
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