SZNZ: Winter

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SZNZ: Winter
EP by
ReleasedDecember 21, 2022
RecordedAugust-November 2022
Length21:36 (Digital, CD)
24:46 (Vinyl)
LabelCrush Music/Atlantic Records
ProducerJames Flannigan
Professional reviews
Weezer chronology
SZNZ: Autumn
(2022)
SZNZ: Winter
(2022)
The 30th Anniversary of Weezer
(2024)
Singles from SZNZ: Winter


SZNZ: Winter is an EP by Weezer, the fourth and final in the SZNZ series of EPs. It was released on December 21, 2022 (the first day of winter).

Overview

Rivers Cuomo described Weezer's planned winter-themed album in early 2021 as stylistically similar to the works of Elliott Smith, featuring "lots of loss and despair and kind of quiet."[1] He has also stated that “I had the thought that winter sounds more like the original pre-blue album Weezer then The Blue Album does. There hasn't been this much acoustic guitar and finger picking in Weezer since our first year together”. Cuomo later reaffirmed this opinion on an episode of Conan O’Brien’s podcast "Conan Needs A Friend".

Weezer, under the Goat Punishment pseudonym, performed SZNZ: Winter in its entirety at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California on September 19, 2022. Though phones were not permitted at the venue, a fan-bootleg was released in October of 2022.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rivers Cuomo

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."I Want a Dog"2:49
2."Iambic Pentameter"3:51
3."Basketball"2:49
4."Sheraton Commander"2:04
Side B
No.TitleLength
5."Dark Enough to See the Stars"2:36
6."The One That Got Away"2:52
7."Why Don't You Get Me" (vinyl-only)3:10
8."The Deep and Dreamless Sleep"4:35
Total length:24:46

Songs previously in contention

Gallery

See also

References

  1. Bienstock, Richard. "Weezer have four – yes, four – new albums in the works" Guitar World. 3 February 2021. https://www.guitarworld.com/news/weezer-have-four-yes-four-new-albums-in-the-works