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Lots of stylistic variety done well, but I wish it had picked one style and developed it instead.

What a disaster

We don't have keep kayfabe and pretend this isn't directly inspired by Weezer, so the metric this album should and is measured by is how well it holds up to the first 2 Weezer projects, to which I think it's fine. Ozma lacks some of the genius production choices and guitar flourishes of Blue, and it doesn't carry the same concept or emotional rawness of Pinkerton, so the only way they can get an edge is through songwriting and lyrics; and often they do just that. Domino ... read more

I want to be diplomatic to people who don't consider this grunge because I totally get it. There isn't really a punk influence at all and the noise rock influence is barely there. If it wasn't for Scoot Weilands vocal delivery, I think everyone would consider this alt-metal.

Genre label aside, the music is still good. Particularly, the production is incredible. Despite my trying, I don't really care about the lyrics, and aside from the singles, the melodies are pretty ... read more