Originally written 04.25.2002 .
maybe it’s just that i woke up at 6am this morning, but the initial recordings of some of the songs off the forthcoming weezer album that i downloaded some time ago are really quite good. not pinkerton good. not even blue album good, but still enjoyable. they’re the same power-pop as the green album, but seem to have at least a little more earnesty. it seems, at least, that rivers and co. is trying a little harder this time, and that’s enough to satiate me until they put out a more introspective album. i wonder which of these songs made the final cut for the album, which weezer fanatics like peter seem to have already heard. his verdict is that the final recordings sound even better than the demos.