After all the vague details that skulked out of the official Weezer website last week, you'll be pleased to know that the band are back this week with nothing but cold, hard facts about their upcoming new album. Here they are:
1. The first single, 'Pork & Beans', is up on their MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/weezer) and the relaunched http://www.weezer.com.
2. The band's sixth album, like their first and third albums, will be called 'Weezer' and denoted by the colour red. It will be referred to as 'The Red Album'.
3. US release dates for the single and album are 22 Apr and 24 Jun respectively.
4. The US deluxe edition will feature four bonus tracks: 'Miss Sweeney', 'Pig', 'The Spider' and 'King'.
5. The tracklisting is:
Troublemaker
The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations On A Shaker Hymn)
Pork and Beans
Heart Songs
Everybody Get Dangerous
Dreamin'
Thought I Knew
Cold Dark World
Automatic
The Angel And The One