Weezer - Maladroit (iTunes Version)
While Weezer leader Rivers Cuomo sports a detached, loner pose that suggests a deep-seated inability to socialize with others, his songs reach out and touch his audience with their emotionally ambiguous honesty and — most importantly — their undeniable catchiness. Cuomo has cited KISS as a major influence on his work and one easily hears KISS’s merge of forceful hard rock and shameless pop in Cuomo’s writing. For Weezer’s fourth album, Cuomo and company make a quick break with an opening trilogy packed with a solid crunch of rhythm guitar and harmonies (“American Gigolo,” “Dope Nose,” “Keep Fishin’”) that draw immediate attention with their intensity. Though little more than a half-hour, Maladroit covers a great deal of territory. ‘80s alt-gods the Cure and Dinosaur Jr. are recalled in the whimpering melodies and elliptical moan of the slow-burning ballad “Death and Destruction,” the overcharged volume of “Slob,” and the giddy “Lovecats” bounce of “Burndt Jamb.” “Possibilities” tilts towards generic hardcore, but “Love Explosion” makes good use of a cheesy ‘80s hard rock guitar solo to color the wall of the band’s block guitar chords.
Genres: Alternative, Music, Punk, Rock, Pop, Adult Alternative
Released: May 14, 2002
℗ 2002 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A
Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Tracklist:
01 American Gigolo
02 Dope Nose
03 Keep Fishin'
04 Take Control
05 Death and Destruction
06 Slob
07 Burndt Jamb
08 Space Rock
09 Slave
10 Fall Together
11 Possibilities
12 Love Explosion
13 December
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