Released: 2022

Genres: Power Pop, Alternative Rock, Post-Punk Revival, Alternative Dance

The Musiquarium’s SZNZ: Autumn Review Score: 6 out of 10

Released on the September equinox, Weezer’s third instalment of their seasonal EPs focuses on autumn, with a theme of anxiousness and a stylistic focus on post-punk revival dance rock (The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Hot Fuss era The Killers), as evident by songs like the opening track, Can’t Dance, Don’t Ask Me.

There’s an interpolation of The Teddy Bear’s Picnic on Get Off on the Pain, that the song could have done without. Should She Stay or Should She Go seems to re-write The Clash’s classic single from a different perspective. Run, Raven, Run is a decent closer, but the lullaby-like outro is a bit cheesy (something all of the SZNZ EPs can be described as).

The musical style of SZNZ: Autumn is a welcome change to Weezer’s formula, and it makes you wonder what could be if Weezer spent their time crafting a solid post-punk revival album, but unfortunately, the songs just aren’t as good as the ones from the bands that Weezer is trying to emulate here. Still, it’s better than the cutesy SZNZ: Spring, and about on the same level as SZNZ: Summer.

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Written by Brett Nippard