Weezer - Pacific Daydream (October 27, 2017) Album • Page 20

Knuckle Puck was a really random band to put in that lineup considering the other artists they played for them haha

 

This album definitely has some of Weezer's catchiest hooks. Stuff is stuck on my head.

 

Seeing that I’m one of Weezer’s biggest apologists, I’m sure that I will eventually enjoy this....but after two somewhat-distracted listens at the end of my work day, this didn’t do much for me. I’ll have to spend more time with it tomorrow, but I will say “Sweet Mary” has a nice feeling to it. It’s my mom’s name, and she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s this past spring, so there’s a connection there that is nice for me.

 

Weezer: Pacific Daydream Album Review | Pitchfork

Totally called the score, haha. Album is a Pitchfork 4 and an AbsolutePunk 7.

 

Yo! I was down with "Everything will be alright", do you guys think I'll like this?

The artwork for this is neat for them.

 

It has almost nothing in common with that album, unfortunately.

Really like QB Blitz and Sweet Mary though.

 

Ugh La Mancha is like a Disney channel Song

 

Aaaand Diane is their worst closer.

 

I need to go through every post-Pinkerton album, select all the best songs, and make an ultimate Weezer album.

 

Favo

Favorite song on the album. It’s so fun!

 

There are three or four songs here I really love and the rest I would be okay never hearing again. Oh well.

Also, who the fuck decided to release this in late October?

 

I think it was initially supposed to be released over the summer and I think it was supposed to be the Black Album, which ended up being put on hold/scrapped for later by Rivers. Dates probably got pushed bc of it. I guess he got inspired and changed his mind haha.

 

Then hold it til March or something! I could see actually coming around on most of this if it came out as the weather was warming up.

 

Pitchfork review is good. I like how they allude to the fact that Rivers talents is still completely undeniable, just wish he would focus those in a slightly different direction.

 

Yeah. The summer lyrics are so weird haha. Hopefully this is just an experimental album and we get something else within the next year.

I’m surprisingly digging this album for what it is though. And I never like experimental Weezer haha

 

If we ever get the Black Album it's supposed to be even more experimental, probably in the same vein as Feels Like Summer/I Love The USA

 

For sure, Rivers mentioned it's going to experiment with electronics and samples

 

I think QB Blitz and Sweet Mary are ok, but soooooo boring and forgettable.

 

I'm quite liking this at the moment, there's some really fun songs on it and some really awesome bass lines. La Mancha Screwjob might be my favourite at the moment.

The one thing that bothers me slightly is the fact they released the entire first half as singles before the album was released. It just makes a first listen less enthralling because for the first 15-20 minutes you already know what's coming as I already played those songs a bunch before the release. The whole album is a string of 10 songs that could all potentially be singles, so I think having so many already released before the album came out was a little unnecessary, and might be subtly affecting people's first impressions of the album. Aside from that, I've been enjoying it!

 

Man, I thought "La Mancha Screwjob" was painful. Couldn't make it to the end of that one.

 

Actually, I think you’re right. I remember an interview with Rivers talking about how he made a “mumble rap” song and the guys in them band told him it was awful haha.

I have it in my head the Black Album was going to be reimagined versions of the OG Black Album songs they never released.

 

It's weird because I feel like it's a song I would normally hate but I keep repeating it. I think most of it is down to that bass line and chorus melody, it's lodged itself into my head!

 

Post Pinkerton album tracklisting:

1) California Kids
2) Keep Fishin
3) Put Me Back Together
4) The Damage in Your Heart
5) Unspoken
6) Island in the Sun
7) Go Away
8) Do You Wanna Get High
9) King
10) Haunt You Every Day

 

I love White and EWBAITE. I'd have to make an "album" from before those two but after Pinkerton

 

Green is solid and I love Maladroit. Everything from Make Believe through Hurley would be 3 or 4 track EPs for me lol.