Weezer’s New Album Art, Title and Lead Single

I’ve had a rocky ride with Weezer for the past 15 years or so. The thrilling highs, the befuddling lows, and their uncanny ability to do the very thing you least expect them to do at every turn.

Well, they have topped themselves AGAIN, which is staggering after the dog-jumping-across-the-living-room cover of Raditude, and the fact that Rainn Wilson named their last album, and that he named it Raditude, and that Lil Wayne was on the album in a song that Jermaine Dupri co-wrote. Forget all that. The new album is called Hurley (you know, the guy from LOST?), and the album cover is a big, glorious photo of actor Jorge Garcia’s face.

If that’s not mind-boggling enough for you, the lead single, “Memories”, is actually pretty satisfying. Loud, sloppy guitars, scratchy, shouted, emoted vocals, and a searing synthy hook that hearkens back to early b-side “You Gave Your Love to Me Softly.”

You never know what awaits you just around the corner with Weezer, but for now, rejoice in the fact that all the news is great news.

Listen to “Memories” at Stereogum

-Jack

Cut Copy: Where I’m Going

RCRD LBL keeps the jams flowing with a brand new single from Cut Copy. Cut Copy are prepping their follow up to In Ghost Colours, which, in my opinion, is one of the best albums of this past decade, so in my book they pretty much have a “get out of jail free” card to do whatever the hell they want this time around. So what are they choosing to do with their well earned good will? If this track is any indication, apparently some 60s inspired psychadelic party music (in which case, the Keith Haring esque album art is a “red herring”, pun intended). Works for me.

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Zola Jesus – Sea Talk

Let’s check in with one of our female artists to watch in 2010 (remember that writeup from our April issue?): Zola Jesus. Still great. Now she’s blonde. Hear a new song called “Sea Talk.” Fall in love again.

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