{"id":2104028,"date":"2026-08-21T05:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T02:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2104028"},"modified":"2026-08-21T05:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T02:30:44","slug":"weezers-golden-era-has-arrived-stream-the-gold-album-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2104028","title":{"rendered":"Weezer\u2019s Golden Era Has Arrived: Stream The \u2018Gold Album\u2019 Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Weezer-the-gathering-tour-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-a-glue-parent a-font-body-m u-font-size-19\">\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\" data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"10140328\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWeezer\u2019s Blue, Green, Red, White, Teal, and Black eras are in the rearview. We\u2019ve now reached <em>Gold<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAt midnight, Rivers Cuomo and Co. turned over a new leaf \u2014 gold leaf \u2014 with the release of their 20<sup>th<\/sup> studio album. The process behind the new, self-titled collection, the so-called <em>Gold Album<\/em>, was a blast from the past, an LP made the old fashion way. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFollowing a well-received 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary tour, the four band members got down to business in a rehearsal space in Orange County, Calif. Those sessions marked the first time Cuomo and Weezer\u2019s drummer Pat Wilson had fleshed out the framework of a song since their first album, released back in 1994.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class>\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2260605484-e1771005468108.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Bad Bunny performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl\u00a0LX Halftime Show at Levi&apos;s Stadium on February 08, 2026 in Santa Clara, California.\" height width><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBad Bunny&#8217;s Super Bowl Bushes Make a Cameo in NFL&#8217;s New &#8216;Celly&#8217; 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Ahlund contributed a \u201cmore mathematical, stringent approach,\u201d reps say, while Blume set about to make the \u201cmost violent Weezer album ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe fruits of their OC labor, 10-tracks including the lead singles \u201cShine Again\u201d and \u201cWe Might As Well Be Strangers\u201d featuring Wednesday, the latter track performed live Wednesday night (Aug. 19) when the rockers stopped by NBC\u2019s <em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe hung out in a living room, actually, for months. All four of us. And just threw ideas out. It was really fun,\u201d Wilson told Fallon of the new project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWhat you hear on the record is something that could only be created by humans coming together and being vulnerable and creating something together,\u201d Cuomo added. \u201cIt just can\u2019t be created by AI or a somebody on their own working on a computer or something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe band will support the new <em>Gold Album<\/em> with\u00a0Weezer: The Gathering tour, getting underway in September with multiple stops across North America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe <em>gathering<\/em> has something to do with summoning sorcerers from all corners of the world to come into this,\u201d Cuomo explained to Fallon. \u201cAnd I think this tour is something like that. We\u2019re summoning all the different kinds of Weezer fans from around the world to come rock out with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tStream <em>The Gold Album<\/em> below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/weezer-gold-album-stream-it-now-1236321691\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Weezer-the-gathering-tour-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] Trending on Billboard Weezer\u2019s Blue, Green, Red, White, Teal, and Black eras are in the rearview. We\u2019ve now reached Gold. 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