{"product_id":"weezer-weezer-cassette","title":"Weezer - Weezer (Cassette)","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCassette, Gold Shell and Gold Foil J-Card\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the tape edition of Weezer, the band's 2026 self-titled record and twentieth studio album, better known as the Gold Album. The gold-toned shell is printed with the Side A titles and the producer credit, and it sits in a clear case behind a gold foil J-card marked with four symbols. The band's own webstore lists it as Relic WZR.C01, the Signal Capture Cassette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReprise Records issued the album on August 21, 2026. Klas Åhlund and Kenneth Blume produced it at Blume's Putnam Hill studio in Los Angeles. It was Weezer's first full-length since Van Weezer in 2021, and its first studio release of any kind since the four SZNZ mini-albums of 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record marks a return of significant songwriting from drummer Patrick Wilson and guitarist Brian Bell. Wilson wrote \"Shine Again,\" the lead single, which arrived on April 1, 2026 together with a lyric video and the album announcement. \"We Might As Well Be Strangers\" brings in Wednesday frontwoman Karly Hartzman and the band's pedal steel player Xandy Chelmis, and followed as a single on June 3; \"C.E.O.\" came out on August 5. \"The Show Must Go On\" is the first Weezer song to carry a writing credit for band historian Karl Koch, and for Åhlund.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tape runs ten songs, five to a side: Side A closes on \"C.E.O.\" and Side B opens with \"Hoops.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSay Yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShine Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Make It Weird\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe Might As Well Be Strangers (ft. Wednesday)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eC.E.O.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNowhere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Show Must Go On\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUp In The Clouds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe LA Sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 093624817963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reprise \/ Wea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.21.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cassette\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Reprise Records","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67449982943390,"sku":"EVP-B52E302C-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/weezer-relic-wzr-c01-signal-capture-cassette-812.png?v=1791410652","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/weezer-weezer-cassette","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}