Weezer indulge in millennial pop cliches on their most sugar-sweet album yet, Pacific Daydream.

Definitely leaves something to be desired after a couple of phenomenal returns to form.

Weezer, led by the ever-hip Rivers Cuomo, returns with their 11th studio album, ‘Pacific Daydream. Pacific Daydream’ marks their fourth album since 2010. Some bands seem to fade and lose interest in recording new music past their prime

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Pacific Daydream is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Weezer, released on October 27, 2017. The album is their second release by Crush Management, is distributed by Atlantic Records, and is the most significant departure from their trademark sound to date. The lead single, "Feels Like Summer", was released on March 16, 2017. The second single, "Happy Hour", was released on October 31.

Pacific Daydream was released October 27, 2017. It is Weezer’s eleventh studio album. They originally set out to make another self-titled darker album known as the Black Album. However, Cuomo said that he started writing songs that did not fit the darker sound, so he started work on a project called Pacific Daydream. Pacific Daydream Q&A

Long ago, Rivers Cuomo basically split Weezer into two different bands. One of them puts out experimental albums (Pinkerton, Maladroit, The Red Album, et., and the other puts out commercially-minded records (The Green Album, Make Believe, etc). At times (The Blue Album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End), Weezer straddle the fence. There’s a bit of mad genius to this approach. Pacific Daydream is the band’s first offering to fall far short for both camps-not because it’s one of the most extreme examples of Cuomo going for a radio-friendly sound (though it is that), but because he betrays the band’s mission in the process. This is all the more disappointing when you consider that even when Cuomo churns out dance-pop fluff such as Feels Like Summer, it’s still abundantly clear that he hasn’t lost his gift for coming up with earworm hooks.

A deliberate reaction to 2016's Weezer (White Album), a record where producer Jake Sinclair encouraged the band to act like it was 1994, Pacific Daydream is a thoroughly modern affair, complete with drum loops and electronic flourishes, all wrapped up in a shiny package. Despite all of this contemporary flair, Weezer aren't exactly pandering to a younger audience

Pacific Daydream is the band at their most self-assured, and for it to come after two well-received records feels like the direction is a choice, not a test. This album finds Cuomo at the beach in retrospective young adulthood, reliving a spirited west coast adolescence he didn’t have, exploring that strange era of California youth, where you bounce between bonfires and concerts (and pawn shops and pharmacies just to kill time before curfew)  . It’s a strong album, but it’s not a strong Weezer album. Still, if the post-return Weezer debate must rage on, Pacific Daydream may be the best case for either side, arguing emotional honesty against technical skill.

Andrew Trendell Oct 26, 2017 2:31 pm BST. Score. Lock the doors, crack open a cold one. It’s 23 years since Weezer gave geeks a voice with awkward anthems ‘Buddy Holly’, ‘The Sweater Song’ and ‘Say It Ain’t So’. With that in mind, they could easily have passed by the current generation of pop-punk fans

With last year’s Weezer (White Album), they found themselves on the right side of the critics and were initially supposed to follow it up with the aptly titled Black Album. Instead, they’ve reappeared with an album influenced by the idea of a beach at the end of the world. Pacific Daydream, feels just like that; a day dream that, for some reason, doesn’t quite sit right.