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After a strange year for Weezer in 2019, and a strange year for all of us in 2020, Weezer blessed January 2021 with OK Human, their most intimate and baroque influenced album yet. This album is beautiful, and so human in its approach, which is a welcome change after Weezer spent the latter part of the 2010's making their sound much more pop oriented and overproduced. Speaking on production, White Album producer Jake Sinclair did a superb job on OK Human. The seamless transitions between the songs makes for an engaging listen, and I always end up listening to the entire album rather than just a couple of tracks. Despite the album title being a play on Radiohead's "OK Computer", I would actually liken it to Radiohead's "A Moon Shaped Pool". AMSP and OK Human both reveal more vulnerable and human sides of their respective bands, and the results are stellar. On OK Human, Weezer eschew guitars for an orchestra backing, which create lush soundscapes when paired with Rivers' piano and warm singing. The organic feel of this album makes it stand out as their most unique album. My favorite song on here is "Grapes of Wrath", which inspired me to finally read the classic novel "1984". It also makes me want to listen to audiobooks on Audible. "La Brea Tar Pits" wonderfully continues the Weezer tradition of having epic closing songs for their albums. OK Human is perfect for those cozy days when you just want to be wrapped in a blanket all day.

It's been interesting to follow Weezer's career for the past 4 years, seeing as they essentially threw rock music out the window, and experimented with new styles. Considering that Van Weezer is next in the pipeline, and is established as an album that'll bring the RAWK back, who knows if Weezer will ever make an album as beautiful and humanly vulnerable as OK Human again. If and when Weezer ever come to an end, I can see OK Human being hailed as one of their absolute best.