Quebec
Released
Ween were always weird, sure, but nobody expected their eighth album to be weird in entirely new ways. Written around Gene Ween’s tumultuous divorce, things started out typically out-of-control with some psychobilly and jittery art-rock. As things progress the mood gets…dark. The two biggest songs, the low-key “Tried And True” and the Neil Young Armitage “Chocolate Town” deal very directly with Gene’s collapsing mental state and self-recrimination. By the time “If You Could Save Yourself (You’d Save Us All)”’s raw lament brings the record to a close with a whimper, it’s clear that the brothers have nothing but the most bittersweet chocolate and cheese to offer.