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In an attempt to atone for the mortal sin that was "Beverly Hills", Weezer have hopped back in the recording saddle with plans to have a new album out by this time next year. Seems all that breakup chatter last year did indeed amount to naught.

The news comes from a post yesterday on Weezer's official website, courtesy of dream date Rivers Cuomo himself-- oh excuse me, I mean "R-dawg", as he apparently wants to be known.

Writes R-dawg, in a message addressed to "Party-People": "Weezer is just polishing up a batch of songs for a recording session that is going to start at the beginning of July. This will be the final recording session for our 6th album which we aim to put out in the first half of 2008. We hope you are all having good times."

Thanks R. We were.

This album number six will be the follow-up to 2005's Make Believe, which we can only wish was just that.

In related news, that guy Matt Sharp, who used to be in Weezer back when they were good, has revived the Rentals. M-dawg and band plan to hit us with the Last Little Life EP on August 14; they're on tour now.