If you’re going to tour arenas, it helps to have big, rocking arena-sized songs to play. On Wednesday (April 1), Weezer made sure they have one more of those tunes in their back pockets for their upcoming Weezer: The Gathering North American arena tour when they dropped the bombastic single “Shine Again.”
“The car door/ The pavement/ The drop-off/ The waving/ Turn signals/ Tell someone/ The dog walk/ The dishes,” frontman Rivers Cuomo sings over a hammer drill guitar and steady beat on the song written by drummer Patrick Wilson in which he recites a checklist of daily domestic tasks he says he’s absolutely nailing.
Cuomo then spirals up into the triumphant chorus, on which he states, “And I will tell you once again/ You were always great/ Remember how it feels/ To know and see/ And be so great again/ The sun inside/ Will shine/ Shine again/ Shine again,” with the title refrain cranking up the energy yet another notch.
According to a release announcing the track slated for inclusion on the band’s upcoming, still-untitled debut on their new label home, Reprise/Warner Records, the song was originally handed out to fans on USB drives at an intimate rooftop show last week, then teased via a snippet on their Instagram on March 23. Weezer’s 16th album will be the follow-up to 2021’s Van Weezer, which they followed up with the four-part SZNZ EP series in 2022.
Last week, Weezer announced the details of their 32-city fall arena tour The Gathering, a North American swing with The Shins and Silversun Pickups that is slated to kick off on Sept. 8 in Sacramento, Calif. and wraps up on Oct. 24 in Los Angeles.
Listen to Weezer’s “Shine Again” below.
