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Matthew Ramos
Just a guy from NYC who is super into Weezer, Beastie Boys, Beach Boys, Selena, Ozma, The Rentals, and Limp Bizkit. Also a huge fan of yakuza movies and the Yakuza video game series. Used to play guitar when I was in high school, but then stopped because I never got past the noob level lol. Twin Peaks, The Office (US), The Office (UK), and Arrested Development are my favorite shows ever. Mass Effect is the best sci-fi series ever. Also, Deadly Premonition on the Switch is odd yet hilarious.
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Maladroit is the album in Weezer's discography that pretty much every Weezer fan says is their most underrated album. And, I'd wager to say that assertion is true. This album was released a year after the Green Album, which was an awkward time for Weezer, truth be told. Rivers Cuomo was a raging edgelord, he developed a hatred of Pinkerton (and the Blue Album), and he was adamant on wishing his fans would prefer the new Weezer over 90s Weezer.
This album was a very collaborative process between Rivers and the fanbase, where they communicated via early internet chatrooms. As such, the final product is more like an alt-rock mixtape than a cohesive album. However, this album is surprisingly progressive for Weezer. Songs like "Death & Destruction", "Burndt Jamb", and "American Gigolo" push Weezer into Radiohead territory. "Slob" could've been a lost Pinkerton song. "Slave" is a perfect mix of old and new Weezer.
"December" is a mellow closer, and might not be as emotionally heavy as Weezer's other closers, but it is a very sweet song, and I'd rather listen to it than anything on alt radio today.
I love and appreciate Maladroit for the chaotic playlist it is, and I much prefer it over most of Weezer's later albums. Each new listen, I find something new to love about Maladroit. This album took a while to grow on me, but now I think it is in Weezer's top five.
This album was a very collaborative process between Rivers and the fanbase, where they communicated via early internet chatrooms. As such, the final product is more like an alt-rock mixtape than a cohesive album. However, this album is surprisingly progressive for Weezer. Songs like "Death & Destruction", "Burndt Jamb", and "American Gigolo" push Weezer into Radiohead territory. "Slob" could've been a lost Pinkerton song. "Slave" is a perfect mix of old and new Weezer.
"December" is a mellow closer, and might not be as emotionally heavy as Weezer's other closers, but it is a very sweet song, and I'd rather listen to it than anything on alt radio today.
I love and appreciate Maladroit for the chaotic playlist it is, and I much prefer it over most of Weezer's later albums. Each new listen, I find something new to love about Maladroit. This album took a while to grow on me, but now I think it is in Weezer's top five.
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