Weezer to release third self-titled album in June

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Weezer's sixth studio album will be its third self-titled affair, and it will arrive June 17 via Geffen Records, according to the rock band's publicist.

"The album is meaty, crunchy and melodic like a good Weezer album should be," frontman Rivers Cuomo writes on the band's Web site (www.weezer.com).

Cuomo previously described the new songs, which were co-produced by Rick Rubin, as "dark and deep and beautiful," and "definitely more sophisticated and adventurous. You'll hear very long songs ... and non-traditional structures."

The new album is the follow-up to 2005's "Make Believe," which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Its previous self-titled albums were its 1994 debut and its 2001 comeback.

Reuters/Billboard