The Daily Swarm

Weezer.com:

* UPDATE 11/22* As you can see, please note that Weezer and Geffen Records have no affiliation with www.albumsix.com. The new Weezer record is not called “Tout Ensemble” and there is no official release date yet for the album. Remember, when its on Weezer.com, its for sure. (Though I will say, “well played”, to the authors of that site.)

Albumsix.com:

WE ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH WEEZER OR GEFFEN RECORDS.

“Weezer and Geffen Records have no affiliation with www.albumsix.com. The new Weezer record is not called “Tout Ensemble” and there is no official release date yet for the album.” – Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

We are honestly surprised how long this lasted. We expected that the media would contact Interscope or Weezer, and they would squash things immediately. But somehow, we slipped through the traditions of journalism.

“Albumsix.com is Real…Case closed.” – Rolling Stone

We never expected anyone to believe it. We thought we’d get a few Weezer fans on the boards to get excited, but we never actually thought we’d become a legitimate news source. We can’t say we blame the media. Viral marketing is the hot new thing. However, we hoped you learned a lesson.

We are extremely excited about the new Weezer album and are glad to see that everyone seems to share our excitement. We will be anxiously awaiting the real release date and title of album six along with everybody else.

Until then, thanks for playing.

Rollingstone.com

Six months ago, we alerted you to Albumsix.com, and how it mysteriously re-routed visitors to Weezer.com, the official Web page of the band of the same name. After lead singer Rivers Cuomo told Rolling Stone that the band’s sixth album was due in April, we wondered whether Albumsix would finally reveal itself as a hoax or a legitimate site. Today, finally, came an answer. Visitors to the site now are greeted to two album plugs, one for Cuomo’s own Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo and the other for Weezer’s album six, which gets a release date complete with day of the month: April 22nd, 2008. Case closed.

Pitchfork: Weezer Announce Release Date for New Album

Billboard: Weezer Rallies ‘The Ensemble’