OK Human is an Alt/Indie album by Weezer, originally released in 2021. On Gatefold: 11 pressings tracked, owned by 33 collectors.
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"I knew this day was coming," Rivers Cuomo tells Apple Music. "I've always been such a fan of classical music and opera. And yet, I feel like it's overdue, like I just kind of got stuck in this pattern of, 'Okay, we're a rock band. This is what we do. We don't want to get soft too soon.' But really getting encouragement from [producer] Jake [Sinclair], and then just a light went off like, 'Oh, this is going to be great.'" After delaying the release of their long-promised shred opus <i>Van Weezer</i>, Weezer instead dove into <i>OK Human</i>, a 12-track change of pace that features a 38-piece orchestra, no click tracks, no computers, and, most surprisingly, no electric guitar. And the tonal shift matched the pandemic neuroses that fueled Cuomo's lyric writing. "I'm so anxious about looking around my house and seeing, okay, there's one child on that device, there's the other child on that device, my wife's over there on that device," Cuomo says. "Everyone's looking in a different direction at a different device, and that's the way things are going. Nothing I can do about it, but I just can't help but feel a sense of loss and anxiety about it." Those worries take center stage on whimsical tracks like "All My Favorite Songs," "Playing My Piano," and "Screens," while the sprawling orchestration adds drama to "Numbers" and "Bird With a Broken Wing" as Cuomo stares down his inadequacies. "I was just feeling pretty irrelevant and passed over and past my prime," says the 50-year-old singer-songwriter. "I was feeling pretty sorry for myself." It's not all dark clouds, however—Weezer fashions a sliver of optimism with the triumphant "Here Comes the Rain" and luscious closer "La Brea Tar Pits." "Hearing it back for the first time with the orchestra, it's like, yeah, those are the chords I wrote, and that's the melody I wrote," Cuomo says. "But man, it's like seeing in three dimensions for the first time or something. It's just gorgeous. And I can't believe we haven't done it before."
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1All My Favorite Songs3:23
- A2Aloo Gobi3:04
- A3Grapes Of Wrath2:51
- A4Numbers3:21
- A5Playing My Piano2:36
- A6Mirror Image1:17
Side B
- B1Screens2:12
- B2Bird With A Broken Wing3:51
- B3Dead Roses2:17
- B4Everything Happens For A Reason0:24
- B5Here Comes The Rain2:27
- B6La Brea Tar Pits2:50
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Alternative Rock
- lush
- bittersweet
- theatrical
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alan StepanskyCELLO PERFORMER , CELLO
- Andrew ParkerSTRINGS , VIOLA VIOLA
- Ann LehmannPERFORMER , VIOLIN VIOLIN
- Anne SharerFRENCH HORN PERFORMER , FRENCH HORN
- Brian Bell
- Cathy ThompsonSTRINGS , VIOLIN VIOLIN
- Daniel ShellyBASSOON , CONTRABASSOON PERFORMER , BASSOON, CONTRABASSOON
- David DanielsCELLO STRINGS , CELLO
- Erik RalskeFRENCH HORN PERFORMER , FRENCH HORN
- Ian BurdgeCELLO STRINGS , CELLO
- Joanna MaurerPERFORMER , VIOLIN VIOLIN
- Joel NoyesCELLO PERFORMER , CELLO
- John RomanoTROMBONE PERFORMER , TROMBONE
- Julian LeaperVIOLIN
- Jung Sun YooPERFORMER , VIOLIN VIOLIN
- Kate MuskerSTRINGS , VIOLA VIOLA
- Keisuke IkumaENGLISH HORN , OBOE PERFORMER , ENGLISH HORN, OBOE
- Lisa KimVIOLIN
33 collectors on Gatefold own this · 11 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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