Weezer’s Golden Era Has Arrived: Stream The ‘Gold Album’ Now

The process behind the new self-titled collection was a blast from the past, an LP made the old fashion way.

Weezer’s Blue, Green, Red, White, Teal, and Black eras are in the rearview. We’ve now reached Gold.

At midnight, Rivers Cuomo and Co. turned over a new leaf — gold leaf — with the release of their 20th studio album. The process behind the new, self-titled collection, the so-called Gold Album, was a blast from the past, an LP made the old fashion way.

Following a well-received 30th anniversary tour, the four band members got down to business in a rehearsal space in Orange County, Calif. Those sessions marked the first time Cuomo and Weezer’s drummer Pat Wilson had fleshed out the framework of a song since their first album, released back in 1994.

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Klas Ahlund and Kenneth Blume (FKA Kenny Beats) came on board to produce the new body of work. Ahlund contributed a “more mathematical, stringent approach,” reps say, while Blume set about to make the “most violent Weezer album ever.”.

The fruits of their OC labor, 10-tracks including the lead singles “Shine Again” and “We Might As Well Be Strangers” featuring Wednesday, the latter track performed live Wednesday night (Aug.

19) when the rockers stopped by NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

The band will support the new Gold Album with Weezer: The Gathering tour, getting underway in September with multiple stops across North America.

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