As someone firmly entrenched in the Weezer online fanbase, we found out about this a few weeks ago. Wasn't confirmed, but once we saw that album cover was legit... lots of mixed feelings. I think it's kind a funny, but also pathetic in a way, because it seems that the Hurley clothing store is responsible for the recording of this album.
How do we know this? Well, first there was a Weezer t-shirt contest sponsored by Hurley. Then Weezer just performed at the Hurley sponsored U.S. Open of Surfing in SoCal this past weekend. And then there's the reports coming in of relatives of people working at Hurley that say Hurley and Pac-Sun funded the album. So the theory is so it doesn't seem like Weezer sold out, they just decided to say the album was named after the "Lost" character.
Despite all this, I kinda like the lead single, "Memories". It's on their Facebook now. I'm just scared of what the rest of the album sounds like, not getting my hopes up. It's funny though. The band's drummer started posting on the Weezer fan forum I'm on, and he pretty much said he didn't like the direction Weezer was going in, beginning with Raditude last year. He said being in Weezer is fun and awkward at the same time. I guess he loves touring constantly, but not the (mostly) shit music Rivers has been putting out. I really hope we get a couple of awesome tracks on the new album, but I'm looking way more forward to the deluxe edition of Pinkerton that's supposed to be coming out in October
