Maybe I was busy at the time, but when exactly did Weezer rise to the iconic status they now seem to hold? And will Make Believe provide any pointers for the non-believers? Well, sort of.
It isn’t a showy or flashy album, it doesn’t demand your attention, yet still manages to draw you in by whit of the old fashioned concept of good songs played well. While tracks like ‘Beverley Hills’ and ‘We Are All On Drugs’ take a wry sideways look at the sunshine lifestyle, elsewhere Rivers Cuomo reveals small fragments of his own insecurities. Then the penny drops. Weezer make music for people who take their alternative American rock without a side order of spiky hair, piercings and faux teenage angst. They may not deal in thrills and spills but with Make Believe Weezer have created yet another fanfare for the common man.