Even more Weezer is coming very soon…
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has revealed that the band are currently working on two new albums.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly ahead of the release of ‘The Black Album’ on March 1st, Rivers said that they already have plans in place for two follow-up records:
“What I’ve been working on the last two weeks is back to big guitars. Blue Album-ish, but a little more riffy. The working title is Van Weezer. The inspiration came from our live shows, where, in the middle of ‘Beverly Hills,’ unlike on the album, everything stops and I just break out with this crazy guitar solo. We noticed that, recently, the crowd just goes crazy when I do that. So it feels like maybe the audience is ready for some shredding again.”
“Van Weezer is in mortal combat with Okay Human, a record that’s mostly done. That one’s totally different. It’s inspired by an album from 1970 called Nilsson Sings Newman. It’s all piano-based, but it has a ton of orchestration. We just did the strings at Abbey Road. It’s just gorgeous melodies and extremely eccentric lyrics.”
So there you have it – ‘Van Weezer’ and ‘Okay Human’ are coming soon!
The band have already surprise dropped a full covers album this year called ‘The Teal Album’ featuring their version of the Toto classic ‘Africa’.
Weezer will also play London’s Brixton Academy on June 29th as part of their European tour.
