Are you in a band? Have you recently recorded an album? Are you stuck for ideas for an album cover? How about following Weezer's lead, they slapped the face of their favourite Lost character on their new album cover. Not one of the lovely female cast members. Nope, they named their forthcoming album after Hurley, and slapped their (equally loveable) namesake's mug on the cover.

Regardless of what you think of the album cover (beauty is in the eye of the beholder remember), it's about how the music sounds right? Except if your name is Paris Hilton :P.

Influential multi-platinum, Grammy-winning alternative rock band Weezer have linked up with Epitaph Records to release their new album, Hurley, on September 13th. “Memories”, their first single from the album can be streamed on their MySpace page (remember those?). Hurley is produced by Cuomo and Shawn Everett (Raditude, Phantom Planet, Ozomatli), and promises to be “a high-energy rock album that wastes no time.” Good 'cause I hate having my time wasted with bad music! Preorder Weezer's Hurley album now. There is also a deluxe edition which features four extra songs.

On a personal note, Spike Jonze's video for Weezer's “Island In The Sun” is one of my favourite music videos evah! So many cute animals, and of course the flying chimpanzee! Apparently MTV rejected the original video for “Island In The Sun” so they linked up with Spike Jonze and made a new video at the last minute. Check out the video after the jump.

What do you think of their album cover? If you were putting out an album who would you put on the cover?