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CD review: Weezer ‘Hurley’
‘Hurley’
(Epitaph)
Grade: B-
The strange second half of Weezer’s career has been well-documented. After Rivers Cuomo and company established themselves as an integral part of the ’90s soundtrack, they disappeared for a while and returned to make some albums that were dismissed by critics and a lot of fans as painfully low-quality compared with their older work. Their latest, “Hurley,” is an improvement, but it’s difficult to judge without comparing it with the rest of their work. That’s not particularly fair; no matter what they put out, it’s hard to top “Pinkerton.” “Hurley” is a mixed bag, with some punchy rock numbers in line with the sound the band has developed over nearly 20 years, including opener “Memories,” “Run Away” and “Hang On.” With lines such as “people like to tell us what to do, but that’s because they’re jealous of me and you” and “someday we’ll cut our critics down to size,” one has to wonder if “Trainwrecks” is a bit of commentary from Cuomo on how the band has been perceived as of late. The important thing to remember with this release, though, is that the album syncs perfectly with the finale of “Lost.”
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