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Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has spoken to NME about his band’s new record, their current UK tour and more in a new interview.
The band’s 11th LP ‘Pacific Daydream’ will be released later this month on October 27. It follows on from last year’s ‘The White Album’ and is described by Cuomo as the group’s “biggest departure” from their signature sound. It comes ahead of planned follow-up, ‘The Black Album’, which the singer has teased as being “darker, more experimental and wildly negative”.
Weezer are currently on tour in the UK, playing Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and London this week following their gig in Leeds last night (October 23). The band have promised to play “more uptempo numbers” after spending weeks working on the setlist.
Cuomo also discusses about “not very smart guy” Donald Trump, “friendly bitter rivals” Foo Fighters and his love of Stranger Things. Of the latter show, Cuomo says: “It reminded me of my childhood”.
Read NME‘s full interview with Rivers Cuomo below:
How would you describe the new record?
“‘Pacific Daydream’ is the biggest departure we’ve made from our ‘90s Beach Boys grunge sound. We really went for some different things. On guitar, we were really influenced by a lot of British bands like The Cure and The Clash. Instead of stepping on the distortion pedal in the chorus, we’re stepping on the reverb pedal. We listened to a lot of Phil Spector and ‘Pet Sounds’ to give it more of an orchestrated approach. It’s long been a goal of mine to break away from distortion, but I’m delighted that we’ve finally achieved it. At the same time, it still sounds like a sing-along, beach bar party album, mixed with sadness and alienation.”
Lyrically, the album seems quite sentimental and nostalgic. What has inspired that?
“I think it’s just who I am. To me, that’s just what…
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