Arrangement reflections: Island In The Sun by Weezer

A great indie-pop bop from 2001. This one was on my Mixtape Chorus to-do list since I started back in 2018. (I have a Spotify playlist called "Mixtape Someday Songs" that will eventually all get arranged)

No one can resist the catchy 'hip hip' vocal hook.

I really enjoy playing synth drums for this one (and blistering synth guitar solo).

The arrangement is pretty simple all round. In the chorus, the Sops and the Boms (baritone part) sing the melody an octave apart, and the altos sing a harmony in the middle (like the filling in a sandwich).

The bridge has some chunky 3-part homophonic chords, and I usually advise the singers to sing smooth wall-to-wall chords here.