_____I was weirdly excited in the run-up to this album’s release. It was weird because I used not to be that big a fan of them. Sure, I liked Buddy Holly and Island in the Sun as much as the next guy, but that was as far as it went really. Make Believe probably should have done something for me in hindsight, as it’s a really nice record, but it just didn’t. The Weezer fire simply didn’t burn in me. The potential was there, as, apart from Maladroit, every album of theirs really rocks., just no spark. However, once more YouTube to the rescue. Spark.
_____First single from The Red Album is in my opinion their most underrated song by a mile. The whole album is underrated. My four favourite Weezer songs come from that album, which sparked the Weezer inferno which burns in me to this day. So yeah, I was really weirdly excited about Raditude. First impressions were also weird. Raditude doesn’t sound like the Weezer of the past. There’s glimpses of the golden days in Put Me Back Together, but personal favourites Let It All Hang Out and I’m Your Daddy, are très different to what you’re used to. And you can’t say anyone could picture Lil Wayne featuring on a Weezer album before could you? Unfortunately, Chamillionaire had to fill in for him on this slightly different recording, Lil Wayne was busy getting arrested for carrying around a BB Gun.
_____Although it does drag on a tiny tiny bit, the albums a must listen for anyone who considered themselves at any point a Weezer fan. It hasn’t blasted them back onto the scene or anything near it, but that’s party due to the criminality that Weezer haven’t played in Europe for almost five years. They’re coming though, strong rumours for Reading and Leeds (just one of many reasons why you should go there instead of Oxegen next summer), and, with this album added to an already impressive repertoire, you can bet they’ll be making some pretty kickass noise.
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