Yesterday we posted Rivers Cuomo’s “I Want To Take You Home Tonight.” The track, which he supposedly recorded in 2002, is from the forthcoming Alone II: The Home Recordings. The photo that appears on Alone II’s cover was taken a few years earlier. As he told P4K:

Rivers Cuomo: That is a real photo, and there was not an ounce of irony in the room when that photo was taken …

Pitchfork: Can you remember anything about that particular moment?

RC: For some reason, I missed the photo session in my high school for my senior portrait, so I had to go to a photo studio in Willimantic, Connecticut. I didn’t really have any ideas: the guy just did his thing. And this is what he came up with [laughs]. But it’s from the same session as my high school picture …This was my look in high school. I was, you know, somewhat famous– or infamous– in my town for looking like this [laughs].

You might laugh, too.

Hanoi Rocks + Silkie Bantam.

Alone II: The Home Recordings is out 11/25 via Universal/DGC.

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Comments (6)
  1. James  |   Posted on Oct 28th, 2008

    Best album cover ever.

  2. Wow. This is why “LOL” was invented.

  3. zayin_451  |   Posted on Oct 28th, 2008

    Senior pictures? He looks like a 12 year old Fraggle.

  4. marsh  |   Posted on Oct 29th, 2008

    adorkable

  5. s5er  |   Posted on Oct 29th, 2008

    LOL, not surprised if Riverswas in an 80s pop band

  6. elmer  |   Posted on Oct 30th, 2008

    I hate Rivers Cuomo.

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