Slackers, rejoice. Weezer, the brooding geek-rock band formed by Rivers Cuomo in the early nineties, is releasing its sixth album (and third eponymous album) on June 24. (Cuomo, who returned to Harvard to finish a degree in English at the age of 35, put out a solo album, “Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo” in 2007.) The band is promoting the record with a new single, “Pork ‘n Beans,” about a man cleaning up his life. Simon Vozick-Levinson, one of the few critics who liked Weezer’s previous ”Green Album,” wrote on Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch blog that the single is “pure gold.” Pitchfork says that “Pork and Beans” is “a catchy, self-referential rocker, with the buzzsaw guitars and big choruses of Weezer's glory days.” And Dose, a Canadian music site, calls Cuomo’s lyrics “cheeky” but focuses more on the album cover, which reveals Cuomo’s “current interest in growing pervy ‘dad’ moustaches and wearing 10-gallon hats.”
To judge for yourself, click here.
UPDATE: The entire album is now available for download on iTunes
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