In case you missed it, seven years ago Weezer hired Scott Shriner to be their bassist. Shriner, a former Marine, had played in several bands (including Vanilla Ice’s backing band) prior to getting the call from Weezer. He appeared on Weezer’s last two studio albums and now, to the delight of millions, there will be a third. Yes, a new Weezer album is set to be released, out June 24 on Geffen Records.
If there is anything more visually humorous than seeing Weezer play with a heavily-tattooed military man, it is perhaps the leaked album art from the newest Weezer album. Very Sears-family-portrait-meets-Photoshop. It’s also classic Weezer.
The band started recording what will undoubtedly be referred to as The Red Album with Rick Rubin last year, then produced a few sessions themselves. Producer Jacknife Lee was brought in at Geffen’s request to summon up more commercial-sounding material. According to Geffen, the first single, “Pork and Beans,” was made available to buy digitally on April 24, and a video will be available in early May.
“Automatic,” another song off the Red album, was remixed by LA Riots for the upcoming PlayStation 3 video game Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. The track features drummer Pat Wilson on lead vocals. If you don’t believe that, just check out the YouTube video below.
