37??

Two posts in one day? Has the world gone mad? Has hell frozen over? Well, I guess it has. Although, more importantly, the new Weezer single is up online. And it’s pretty ruddy good, which is good, since 2005’s Make Believe was slightly mediocre and…well, boring.

It appears on this, the band’s third self-titled album, Rivers and co are returning to that heavy rock/pop sound of, er, their first self-titled album. And, it seems, Mr Cuomo is starting to grow up a bit, which is nice - that air of teenage naivety/whining still hung around the aformentioned Make Believe. Here, rather than emo musings on love, he sings about going to the gym so he can “fit his underwear”. Although he does make some worrying references to Timbaland, which is a massive step-down to name checking Buddy Holly. Oh well.

The new self-titled album, which is prospectivley being called the Red album, is out June 24th, and is produced by Weezer, Jacknife Lee and Rick Rubin.

Download “Pork and Beans (Radio Rip) (right click, save target as)

Also, did you know Rivers Cuomo was 37? I just read it on his wiki. Jesus, 37. It really is about time he grew up.