In what seems to be like a smart move, Weezer has put their upcoming eight studio release "Hurley" up on their myspace for fans to listen to. Late last week the album somehow leaked and became available on torrent sites all over the internet. To make themselves feel better about the situation, Weezer decided to succumb to what many artist now do, and simply put all the songs on an official site of theirs.
I have not given all the songs on the album a good enough listen to be able to fully review the release song by song, but from what I have heard it is very clear Weezer is moving away from the pop sound of their last album Ratitude. My guess is that for this new release the band really took advantage of not being tied down to a corporate label like Geffen and really exercised their creative abilities. Hurley sounds much more like a Green Album era Weezer record.
In all honesty, as a die-hard Weezer fan I am relieved that the band is starting to move back into their old ways. By that I don't think their next CD after this will be like Pinkerton or the Blue Album (that will never happen), but it's good to see Rivers starting to write seriously again. For the first time since the Red Album there are a few songs that actually mean something. Ratitude was filled with immature, childish lyrics. Hurley already has some strong stand outs; "Ruling Me" sounds like it could have been released on a much earlier Weezer album it sounds so genuine.
Anyways, I should get back to work here on campus so I'll leave you all with this link to Weezer's myspace
page where the new album can be streamed. Hope you all like it as much as I do.
P.S- Expect a link to a full review of the album next week as I am writing one for www.thesetonian.com
: http://www.myspace.com/weezer
