As we told you yesterday, Rivers Cuomo will soon release a compilation of demos without his Weezer counterparts. Alone: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo 1992-2007 will hit aisles and digital shelves on December 12th. Following Cuomos surprise announcement via his personal MySpace blog, Rolling Stones Brian Hiatt spoke to Rivers regarding the demos and the latest news in Weezerland. According to Cuomo, the comp will have roughly “eighteen tracks, and its spanning my demo-making career from 1992 to 2007, and there is one Weezer classic, ‘Buddy Holly,’ my original demo for that song, and theres a few covers.” One of the covers, were proud to reveal, will be of Ice Cubes “The Bomb.” That was not a typo. Cuomo is apparently an AmeriKKKas Most Wanted fan, but then again, who isnt?
“In terms of the remaining tracks, “several of them are from my unfinished rock musical, Songs From the Black Hole,” Cuomo tells us. Black Hole, a space rock concept album, was initially supposed to be Weezers follow-up to their debut Blue record, but when the project came unglued, some of the tracks wound up in another form on Pinkerton, while the rest have been floating around for a while until Cuomo gathered them for this collection. But enough about yourself, Rivers, tell us about Weezers new album. “Were done recording, and were just waiting to find a mixer. Its very fresh and experimental,” Cuomo said. No word on what exact date the Rick Rubin-produced album will come out, but we stand by our initial Spring 2008 prediction.
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