Music Now
Weezer's Rivers Cuomo and Patrick Wilson break down their new album and much more in our new interview
Weezer will hit a rare milestone Aug. 21, releasing a 20th studio LP, The Gold Album, after maintaining a relatively stable line-up for most of their existence — bassist Scott Shriner is still the newest member, and he joined 25 years ago. Even more impressively, the album — co-produced Klas Åhlund and Kenneth Blume, who worked Geese’s Getting Killed — is strong from start to finish, living up to the first two singles, “Shine Again” and “We Might As Well Be Strangers” featuring the band Wednesday.
In a new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, founding members Rivers Cuomo and Patrick Wilson talk about the new album, the newfound viral success of the Bethany Cosentino duet “Go Away” from 2015, and much more. To hear the whole thing, check out Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or just press play above. Some highlights follow:
Wilson wrote “Shine Again” without thinking about Weezer at all. “I think of nothing,” he says of his songwriting process. “I didn’t even think it was a Weezer song. One day I was like, ‘Oh.’ It all just poured out, and I recorded it, and on a whim I just brought it in.” “
