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CD Review: Weezer's new album, 'Hurley,' hits and misses
The Advocate
Weezer's new album, "Hurley," released Sept. 14, attempts to relive the glory days of the alternative rock band, but instead serves as a disappointment to fans and critics alike.
The album, named after the character from ABC's television show, "Lost," opens with "Memories," a nostalgic piece written of the band's former huge success. "Memories," may be a hit song from the new album, along with "Ruling Me," a catchy tune about how "everyone needs someone they can dream about all night long."
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The song "Where's My Sex" was evidently an inside joke in lead singer Rivers Cuomo's family, where his daughter accidentally said sex instead of socks according to the A.V. Club. The lyrics include sexual euphemisms with the inside joke creating an embarrassing and simply annoying song.
Weezer intends to release a few more albums within the following year such as, "Pinkerton Deluxe" a re-issue of the old album, which will include a few previously unreleased songs.
"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," said Cuomo in an interview with the A.V. Club.
The band also intends to release songs that didn't make it onto their eight other albums because they were too weird or too different from the band's style. Both albums are planned for release on Nov. 2.
We must hope that the new albums do not fail, as "Hurley" did, to deliver the once much-loved style that made the band popular. Although the style in "Hurley" is different, there is still promise that a few of the tracks will be received well by fans.
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