Weezer - Across The Sea
So, I've been thinking about this for a while and I'm quite sure that every Thursday I want to post one of my favourite songs and chat a little bit about it. I'm calling it zombie jams and I hope that you like it.
This week's entry is from my favourite Weezer record, Pinkerton. Admittedly, I discovered this album fairly recently and although I'd always been familiar with Weezer's singles, it wasn't until the last few years that they have become one of my favourite bands ever (My earlier years were laughably metal-centric). Story goes, Rivers wrote this song during his time at Harvard while the band was on a break. He was tired of the limelight and descended into a haze of isolation and anxiety, committing himself entirely to studying and writing music. The recording is far rawer than their debut Blue album, it's dark at times and the record personifies everything I love about the band.
Across the sea is Rivers' reply to a letter he received from a teenage fan from Japan during his time at Harvard. The lyrics are honest, naive and incredibly lonely. For me, the song is perfectly melancholic and I'm reminded of certain friends in faraway places. Also, there is like 4 key changes in the solo which is awesome because even though Weezer write pretty simple songs, Those dudes really know how to imbue their songs with a sense of complexity when necessary.
Listen during winter for maximum effect.
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