SZNZ: Winter

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The beefy riffs of “Records” travel the well-trod path of “Hash Pipe,” “Dope Nose,” and a million other variations on a tired formula. Vinyl scratches add a literal interpretation of the song’s lyrics, which also include lazily rhymed references to Lana, Rihanna, and Nirvana. The choruses about a record spinning “round and round” are almost as incessantly annoying as Blue October’s “ Jump Rope.” Then, just when you think it can’t get any worse, we get “Blue Like Jazz,” as Cuomo begs someone to teach him how to be “cool like that” with a pained falsetto and corny shredding that sounds like Evanescence. Do you feel that this is your grand finale to the series of EPs? That you delivered on a satisfying conclusion? And that is exactly what I heard in the song "All This Love." It seems to almost be a nod to the pandemic and that we're all kind of coming out of it. It feels like we're entering a better stage, or maybe a more-free stage. Tell us about that song. Cuomo, Rivers. Mister Rivers' Neighborhood 9 July 2021 https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:SZNSRiverchat_7_9_21.jpg We’ve done it from time to time; not on every record, but we go (play a show) under the name Goat Punishment. And we’ve been doing it since the late ‘90s. Most people don’t know who Goat Punishment is, but there’s some fans in town who do and they’re sure to show up and they know they’re not going to be hearing “Beverly Hills” or “Island in the Sun”; they’re going to be hearing some new stuff or some very experimental stuff that’s not going to be polished. And they’re happy to be along for the ride.

Elsewhere, "Basketball" is one of WEEZER'S strongest songs from the entire "SZNZ" series. In it, Cuomo tells a story of hiding from a basketball coach under the bleachers of a high school gym. With whimsical storytelling lyrics and the swagger of WEEZER'S 2008 hit, "Pork and Beans", "Basketball" is a fun ditty that drums up all kinds of nostalgia. On July 9, Cuomo told members of Riverchat that SZNS may not release as he had originally envisioned following a "interesting conversation" with Crush Records founder Jonathan Daniel, later clarifying that he was referring to the format of releasing four albums at the beginning of each season throughout the year, specifically stating he wanted to "avoid the fate" of Green Day's album trilogy ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! and Kanye West's seven-song albums. [9] The next day, Cuomo confirmed that the release format had indeed changed saying it would be "equal to or greater" than the original format. After expressing excitement for the project and it's cover art, he teased that SZNS could come out "all at once" on January 1, 2022. [10] Despite this, Cuomo has since continued to promote the four-album concept, mentioning it to Good Morning America a few weeks later. [11] [12] No, I don't. I just love building stuff, and every morning I wake up and come down to my studio and build stuff, and then we have to figure out what to do with it. Weezer, under their Goat Punishment pseudonym, performed SZNZ: Winter in its entirety at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California on September 19, 2022. [5] Release [ edit ]

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Houghton, Harley (March 22, 2022). "Review: Weezer's SZNZ: Spring". Music Talkers - Latest Music News & Artist Exposure. Rivers Cuomo first mentioned that the band's sixteenth album was in the concept phase on October 31, 2020, alluding to Jake Sinclair's involvement. Said Cuomo on the wall on riverscuomo.com, "Turned in the first draft of the NEXT NEXT NEXT album to Jake". [1] Tenreyro, Tatiana "We didn't ask for a "Strokes-style" Weezer record, but we're getting one anyway" The A.V. Club. 16 July 2021. https://www.avclub.com/we-didnt-ask-for-a-strokes-style-weezer-record-but-w-1847307785 Evans, Greg. "Weezer On Broadway: Band Announces Weeklong Fall New York Residency" Deadline. 22 June 2022. https://deadline.com/2022/06/weezer-broadway-residency-1235049941/ Weezer: "I'm very anxious right now about what it means to be human" ". Upset . Retrieved December 10, 2022.

Oh no, I don't. I don't think it really affects me either way. Like, I am very, very excited to work every day just for the sake of creating something, and I don't necessarily need the motivation of having a deadline.On February 2, 2022, Cuomo shared a Google spreadsheet with fans which included the release dates, possible producers, overall emotion, spirituality tone, planned genre, and planned singles for each of the SZNZ EP. Spring's emotion was set to be optimistic sorrow. [11] The spreadsheet also included the band's look and the aesthetic era the clothes and EP are based on. Aesthetically, the band linked SZNZ: Spring to a pre-Christian era with influences from Celts, Paganism, and Wicca. But all seasons turn and eventually Adam and Eve grow Restless. As summer nears, they leave the forest for their next adventure in the far-off land of Rome, a place of much unrest, where the youth will soon rise up in protest. Yes, there are three seasons more, Each of which will offer its own palette of colors, creators and emotions to explore. On February 24, Cuomo implied that the Summer album would be produced by Daniel "Robopop" Omelio. [21] [22] Omelio previously co-wrote the Weezer song " Hero" from the album Van Weezer. Cuomo has explained that the album may or may not resemble the initial concept. [23] In addition to the“SZNZ: Winter”cuts, theband also debuted the hyper-dancey “What Happens After You,” the first single from the imminent“SZNZ:Autumn”album, played twice this night in preparation for its performance on “JimmyKimmelLive” later this week.

Rivers Cuomo described the project's overall emotion as sadness. Cuomo said that the songwriting would be stylistically similar to Elliott Smith featuring "lots of loss and despair". [3] [4] The album is“Winter,” and we wanted to have a lot of the sounds we associate with winter. So there’s a lot of the instrumentation from Christmas songs, and at the same time, we wanted it to be sad. So it’s kind of like a sad Christmas album. No, it’s not intentional. And I’m trying to be really straightforward and and just say what I’m feeling as I’m writing. It’s only in retrospect that I realized there’s a lot of weird turns or a lot of things that confuse or titillate or surprise people, but that wasn’t my intention.He also stated that they were planning to shoot promo images soon, commenting that he'd have to wear various wigs as all four albums would be having their shoots on the same day. [20] The lead single, "I Want a Dog", was released on December 9, 2022, [6] with a live performance of the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on December 16, 2022. [7] What kind of reaction have you gotten from fans of yours? Sometimes, I think fans get a little too in love with what they liked about you when you started, and maybe don't like it when an artist tries to do new things.