Review: Weezer Show Their Age on the Formulaic Pacific Daydream

Imagine for a moment that you’re Rivers Cuomo. After a two-album experiment producing shiny pop songs, which largely disproves the hypothesis "maybe Weezer should be an EDM band?" you’ve pivoted back to your band’s core appeal: heavy distortion, lyrical disaffection, and a rough-around-the-edges sonic quality. Critics herald the sound as a "return to form," comparing songs…

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