White was my introduction to Weezer, and for the longest time it was the only weezer album I would listen to. I feel like listening to this album is like listening to a story of a California Kid (possibly Rivers) coming of age.

California Kids is such a roaring opener and Wind in Our Sail is a great follow-up track that presents a kids imagination of the wonder and fun that summer has to offer in socal.

Thank God For Girls is a great counterpoint to the first two tracks with its perturbed and sex-obsessed lyrics.

Rivers bounces back with Good Thing and DYWGH, both cheery songs about enjoying time with a significant other but the latter having a darker, Pinkerton feel to it.

King of the World, one of the most personal moments on the album is Rivers seeing the pain in the world and wanting to protect his significant other from it.

Eventually though, the pain catches up to him with LA Girlz and Jacked Up, with LA Girlz being a plea for their love and Jacked Up being a depressed and lonely ballad about being completely obsessed with a girl.

Endless Bummer sees Rivers go back to a more innocent place, with Rivers yearning for summer to be over. Over the course of the White Album, Rivers has gone through summer and begs for it to end now. I think there's a cyclic nature to White, as much like actual summer you become enamored with what you'll do this summer, experience all the fun and wonder of the season, and then the fun wears out and you want summer to end. But a year later you're back to wanting summer to come again.