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BRIAN’S SONG

Was Van Weezer as much fun to make as it sounds?

It is a fun record, isn’t it? It’ll be a party to play. As far as making it… it wasn’t a party, that’s for sure. [] Working is our way of partying. A lot of it was recorded during the pandemic, so just to have an excuse to get out of the house and go to the recording studio was certainly welcome. I was so at the same time, so I had to juggle that. was electric, was acoustic.

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