Weezer Weezer (Teal Album) 02/12/2016

Weezer Weezer (Teal Album) 02/12/2016Always a band keenly attuned to the fleeting fashions of the internet, Weezer were the ripe target of an online campaign. A 14 year old fan intuited that Weezer would be amenable to covering Toto's 1982 chart topper "Africa," so she started a Twitter campaign in December 2017 to petition the band to do just that. After six months of cajoling, Weezer relented by releasing a version of "Rosanna," the hit Toto had before "Africa." The next week, the band

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and songwriting skills improved steadily over the years

especially on the mutated R&B tracks like "10 d E A T h b R E a s T

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witness the poppy falsetto vocal hook in "MakeDamnSure" or the acoustic introspection of "Divine Intervention

once the subtle-yet-undeniable refrains of such tracks as "Crab

with TDE regular Tyran Donaldson (aka Antydote and Scum) the lone holdover

The album was recorded in both London and Los Angeles under the audacious ear and Rock prowess of Green Day's longtime friend & collaborator

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who appear on the album's second single