Music Post: Pinkerton by Weezer
Ah yes the redheaded step child of Weezer's discography. Also one of the best albums they've ever recorded and one of the albums that unfairly gets the 'incel' label thrown at it by jaded men and women who don't understand nuance or complexity. When I first listened to Pinkerton I was a casual listener of Weezer. Heavily dislike their later stuff and stuck more to their early work, but Pinkerton was different amidst the Blue and Green albums. Pinkerton was meaner and leaner and had this sense of self despair and self loathing. It was Rivers and CO at their most vulnerable and self destructive which worked wonders and resonated deeply with somebody like me who was going through my own personal turmoil. This is an album that you don't throw on for a party or to impress that one girl who you think will go far with you due to your immaculate taste. And that's exactly why I love it so much. It's the tatted up girl with big, fake tits and bleached blonde hai...