At first, Weezer caught some flack from the Web when they released the cover [1] of their upcoming album (dropping June 3) because it's a little, well, weird. Like, just weird-weird. Now there are a bunch of songs from the the album available for a listen and again, it seems like fans are nervous [2]. Perhaps it's because aside from one of the tracks ("Pork and Beans") there doesn't seem to be a tune that is of the same quality of "Say It Ain't So" or "Island in the Sun".

I'm alright with one of the tracks, "Heart Songs" although there are about a billion references to everyone from Bruce Springstein to Quiet Riot to Debbie Gibson. "Dreamin" is OK, too, and is more Weezer-ish.

To check out some of the songs for yourself and to tell me if I'm just being too nostalgic for the Weezer of old, .

"Heart Songs"

"Troublemaker"

"Dreamin'" and "Everybody Get Dangerous"

"Pork and Beans"

Source [3]