Weezer: Bring Back Matt Sharp!

A sort of Confessions of an ex-Weezer fan.Following a surprisingly high number of positive (if still qualified) reviews, I did something I haven't done in nearly a decade: I gave the new Weezer album a chance.  

Courtesy of YouTube, I have now given several listens to Everything Will Be Alright In The End.  Part of me wants to just let myself like it, to kick back and enjoy it on its own terms, and quit trying to compare it to their '90s output (even as lead-single "Back to the...