Ouch

Weezer's new album, Make Believe, recieved a 0.4 out of 10.0 on Pitchforkmedia.com, one of the most respected music sites on the net. Yes, that's a zero-point-four out of ten-point-oh. Money quote:

"Weezer have been given a lot of breaks in their second era-- both The Green Album and Maladroit were cut miles of slack despite consisting of little more than slightly above-average power-pop. The obvious reason for this lenience has to do with the mean age of rock critics, and the fact that most of these mid-20s scribes were at their absolute peak for bias-forming melodrama when The Blue Album and Pinkerton were released. Even for someone like me, who came late to the Weezer appreciation club, it was impossible to hear these "comeback" albums without the echoes of the earlier alt-rock pillars ringing in our ears."

It then goes on to say that Weezer deserves no more breaks and that, "Sometimes an album is just awful. Make Believe is one of those albums."

I've never been a huge fan of Weezer but found mild joy at a couple of their albums. I think I'll waste my time on other big-name albums coming out soon (like Audioslave, whose new single is just damn good).