What's happening

Matt BASIST?
Yeah. Now it is true. Matt Sharp has left the band and is now consentrating on his own band Rentals. Rentals is due to release their second album in early 1999 and it's titled "Seven more minutes".
Luckily Weezer has found a new bass player. His name is Mike "Mikey" Welsh and he has formerly been a touring musician for Juliana Hatfield. Mikey has said that he is very excited about his part of joining the band.

NEW ALBUM?
Weezer has somehow started to make a new record. Their process started at January (not recordings but new song writing). Releasing date of album has been moving on and on and latest information is that date is no earlier than august, no later than the following august. Anyway, album will contain (presumably) 12 new songs. Rivers has wroten practically all songs for former albums but now Pat has done songs also. He has done four songs and he's going to sing two of them.

TO STUDIO ANYWAY?
Anyway, band is going to go to studio. Not to record their album but make a song for Pixies tribute album. That song will be "Velouria".
They are also going to record four their own songs, but these are some kind of demo tapes and dued to give some kicks fot them.

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