Weezer Prep "Wuggie," Album

05/27/09 12:03pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Weezer are going to release their very own Snuggie blanket, which they're calling a "Wuggie," and have been working on a new album.

"A Wuggie is basically exactly like a Snuggie, except it says Weezer on it," frontman Rivers Cuomo told Rollingstone.com about the proposed sleeved blanket.

"The people at Snuggie are doing it with us and promoting it with us. It's a totally legit Snuggie."

Weezer worked on their seventh album and follow-up to last year's self-titled (or "Red Album") LP in the California cities of Malibu, Santa Monica and Los Angeles between November and January with producer Jacknife Lee (Bloc Party, Snow Patrol). They recorded "a nice pile of songs," which Rich Costey (Fiona Apple, Rage Against The Machine) mixed in March, according to the band's official blog.

No release date has been set for the still untitled album, and the blog states Weezer could record more songs soon. The first single will probably come out in the summer.

Weezer will open for Blink-182 on some of their reunion tour dates this summer. You can see both bands here:

Aug. 23 Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
Aug. 25 Wantagh, NY @ Nikon Theater at Jones Beach
Aug. 26 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug. 27 Camden, PA @ Susquehanna Bank Center
Aug. 29 Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Center
Aug. 30 Washington, DC @ TBA
Aug. 31 Saratoga, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Sept. 2 Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center
Sept. 3 St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sept. 4 Kansas City, KS @ Sandstone Amphitheatre
Sept. 6 Denver, CO @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Sept. 10 Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
Sept. 12 Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sept. 13 Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sept. 16 San Diego, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
Sept. 17 Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre