Overview
- Weezer, which announced the album on Wednesday, published a 10‑song tracklist and released the new single and video “We Might As Well Be Strangers” featuring Karly Hartzman of Wednesday.
- The band set the release date for August 21 on Reprise/Warner and opened album preorders across standard retail and streaming channels.
- Producers Klas Åhlund and Kenneth Blume co‑produced the record, with Blume saying he aimed to make “the most violent Weezer album ever” in press materials.
- Press materials say the band recorded live in an Orange County rehearsal space with “no grid, no click track, no pitch correction” and that drums were tracked with all four members playing together.
- The Gold Album is Weezer’s first full‑length LP since 2021’s Van Weezer and it will be supported by the 32‑date Weezer: The Gathering arena tour beginning Sept. 8 in Sacramento with The Shins and Silversun Pickups.