SZNZ: Winter

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Deville, Chris (March 20, 2022). "Stream Weezer's New EP SZNZ: Spring". Stereogum . Retrieved March 20, 2022. On most records, I’ll try to write a hit on, like, one song, and the rest of them, I don’t think about that at all.Sometimes there is someother specific goal for the song. Like, “OK, this is going to be the last song of the album, it’s gotta be utterly climactic.” Or, you know, “This song is the first song for side 2, it’s gotta give us a little break and then reintroduce where we’re going.”But yeah, usually, for one song (per project), I’m like, “All right, let’s try to figure out how to make a hit here.”

It seemed like there were a lot of references to classical compositions and a connection to Vivaldi, so what drew you to that vibe? I think there is a lot to be said for a group that can stay together as long as you have. I think of Pearl Jam – that group has stayed pretty much the same for a long, long time. What do you think accounts for that longevity, that ability to stay together and not get on each other's nerves to the point where you just want to never be near each other again? Do you feel that this is your grand finale to the series of EPs? That you delivered on a satisfying conclusion? Evans, Greg. "Weezer On Broadway: Band Announces Weeklong Fall New York Residency" Deadline. 22 June 2022. https://deadline.com/2022/06/weezer-broadway-residency-1235049941/

Rivers Cuomo described the project's overall emotion as sadness. Cuomo said that the songwriting would be stylistically similar to Elliott Smith featuring "lots of loss and despair". [3] [4] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "SZNZ: Spring Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AllMusic . Retrieved March 30, 2022.

Cuomo, Rivers. Mister Rivers' Neighborhood 9 July 2021 https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:SZNSRiverchat_7_9_21.jpg Watch: Weezer release new 'SZNZ' EP, 'Dark Enough to See the Stars' video". MSN . Retrieved 2022-12-22. Cuomo confirmed in September of 2021 that Ethan Gruska would be the co-producer for Spring. [13] Cuomo has mentioned the first single, " Records" (from the Summer album), as being slated for release alongside the Spring album. [14] Jones, Abby (December 16, 2022). "Weezer Ring in Winter with "I Want a Dog" on Kimmel". Consequence . Retrieved December 27, 2022.

Hudson, Alex (December 22, 2022). "Weezer Retain Glimmers of Greatness on 'SZNZ: Winter' ". Exclaim! . Retrieved December 24, 2022. Cuomo, Rivers. Mr. Rivers' Neighborhood. Archived 1 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201101214010/https://www.riverscuomo.com/wall Some of the melodies may sound familiar; you may recognize it from like an old commercial that used a Vivaldi song or a movie or something, but I don’t know how well-known they are. They seem pretty obvious to me.