The Search for Weezer’s Black Album

Leo S
5 min readJun 16, 2018

THE BLACK ALBUM ERA IS UPON US. LEARN MORE.

Southern California based pop-rock band Weezer has some of the most devoted fans in the music industry, and I consider myself to be one of them. Weezer’s music has had some incredible highs, with amazing albums like “The Blue Album,” Pinkerton, and “The White Album,” but unfortunately some confusing lows, like less well-received albums, Raditude and Make Believe. Recently though, Weezer seems to be on something of a hot streak. While their most recent release, 2017’s Pacific Daydream may not have exactly clicked with the fans, the two preceding albums, “The White Album” and Everything Will Be Alright In The End, released in 2016 and 2014 respectively, are considered by many, myself included, to be the band’s best work in years. With this newly rediscovered greatness, the anticipation for Weezer’s next release is high, and Weezer’s lead singer, Rivers Cuomo, seems to enjoy toying with his fanbase through his Twitter account and conflicting statements in interviews. Truthfully, based on the humorous reactions from fans on the Weezer subreddit and across social media, I can’t say that I blame him.

The Black Album was first confirmed to be planned after the release of The White Album by lead singer and songwriter, Rivers Cuomo. Cuomo has stated that the album will be darker and more experimental than the band’s

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Leo S

writing about music and media // ska is forever.