It was announced and released on the same day as a surprise precursor to Weezer's thirteenth studio album, which was released on March 1, 2019. The album is composed of cover songs, mostly from the 1980s, making it the band's first covers album.
It was released digitally on January 24, 2019, through Crush Music and Atlantic Records, with a retail release on March 8. Weezer, also known as the Teal Album or just Teal, is the twelfth studio album by the American rock band Weezer.
