ON THE ONE END,

we’ve got an ambitious, high-concept epic of anxiety and introspection à la big, brooding orchestral soundscapes. And on the other, we’ve got a balls-to-the-wall half-hour of thick ’n’ fast, ‘80s-flavoured hair metal riffage. And that’s just Weezer’s 2021 slate: next year, they’re doling us a King Gizzard-style four-album saga with everything from acoustic ballads to dancefloor anthems. The world is ending, after all: why not live out all your wildest, Weeziest dreams?