Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Reflecting Pool - Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End



Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End - 2014


Wow does this album explode. And explode with self-reflection and...guilt?
"Back to the Shack" attacks not only American Idol and those garbage pop idol machines but also Rivers' own foray into radio friendly pap.
And it doesn't let up.
Rivers is still teaming up with other songwriters like Justin Hawkins and Bethany Cosento (!!!), who lend him a nice glam Power Rock hand and Indie Surf Pop cred respectively but that doesn't diminish anything here. In fact, it just makes the record more enjoyable.  And it's the uber-weird songs like "The British Are Coming" and The Futurescope Trilogy that are the real standouts.
I even enjoy the earnest pop rock Aggr0-Raspberries "Foolish Father". 

Grade: A

A Side: Ain't Got Nobody, Back to the Shack
Blind Side: Eulogy For a Rock Band, The British Are Coming, Da Vinci, Go Away, Foolish Father


 

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