{"product_id":"weezer-van-weezer-lp","title":"Weezer - Van Weezer [LP] (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWeezer's long-awaited homage to metal bands \u003cem\u003eVan Weezer\u003c\/em\u003e is their 15th studio album, and the title is a reference to the band Van Halen. What has metal got to do with Weezer, you ask? In his earliest years, guitarist\/vocalist Rivers Cuomo was a huge Kiss fan; guitarist Brian Bell was a big Black Sabbath fan; drummer Patrick Wilson worshipped at the altar of Van Halen and Rush; bassist Scott Shriner loved Slayer and Metallica.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe last time this vein of harder rock was mined by Weezer was on their much-loved 2002 album \u003cem\u003eMaladroit\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eVan Weezer\u003c\/em\u003e is primed to take that album's sonics many steps further courtesy of Shinn. \u003cem\u003eVan Weezer\u003c\/em\u003e follows the release of the band's first-ever orchestral album, \u003cem\u003eOK Human\u003c\/em\u003e, earlier this year. \u003cem\u003eOK Human\u003c\/em\u003e's lead single, \"All My Favorite Songs,\" hit No. 1 at Triple A radio, and was in the Top 5 and growing at Alternative.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eA new song from \u003cem\u003eVan Weezer\u003c\/em\u003e, \"I Need Some Of That,\" can be heard above.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"I Need Some Of That\" follows the release of last year's \"Hero\" and \"Beginning Of The End,\" as well as 2019's \"The End Of The Game,\" all of which appear on \u003cem\u003eVan Weezer\u003c\/em\u003e. The band also gave fans a sneak peek of the \u003cem\u003eVan Weezer\u003c\/em\u003e song \"Blue Dream\" in last year's \"Simpsons\" episode, in addition to performing the show's iconic theme song at the episode's end.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn an interview with \u003cem\u003eNME\u003c\/em\u003e, Cuomo reveals that the \u003cem\u003eVan Weezer\/OK Human\u003c\/em\u003e flip-flop was essentially the result of poor timing. As he explains, Weezer had been working on \u003cem\u003eOK Human\u003c\/em\u003e when they booked the Hella Mega tour.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"We were like, ‘OK, we just made the worst possible type of album you could make before a stadium rock tour,'\" Cuomo recalls.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith that in mind, Weezer shifted gears to the Van Halen-influenced \u003cem\u003eVan Weezer\u003c\/em\u003e, and gave it a May 2020 release date. You know what happens next: the COVID-19 pandemic strikes in the spring of 2020, and the Hella Mega tour gets postponed to this year.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"So we were like: Well, now we've just made the worst possible album for a time when you can't actually tour or perform or rock out,\" Cuomo says. \"When nobody is going to concerts, how can you possibly promote a stadium rock album?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThat now brings us to \u003cem\u003eOK Human\u003c\/em\u003e, which Weezer went back and finished amid the pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is probably the best possible time for this album,\" says Cuomo. \"It's about feeling isolated and alienated and secluded, so it's the perfect album for now.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack List:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"200\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003ctbody\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003ctd nowrap\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e1. Hero\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003ctd nowrap\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e2. All The Good Ones\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003ctd nowrap\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e3. The End of the Game\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003ctd nowrap\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e4. I Need Some of That\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003ctd nowrap\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e5. Beginning of the End\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003ctd nowrap\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e6. 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