This was right off of Karl's Corner: First of all, the record company told weezer that they LOVE the record, and had nothing but supportive and excited things to say about it… It seems that all the late night recording and mixing and countless hours of detail work to the point of total exhaustion have paid off. While it is of course YOUR opinions that matter most to weezer, getting the record company on weezer's side is simply essential to the process… at the same time, we were told that they no longer wish to release the album on April 17th, as we were originally told. In fact, they would not even supply us with a replacement date, which effectively throws the release date into thin air… From their excited talk, we had figured that they would have wanted to put it out "yesterday"…. But now, its become a total mystery…Source: Weezer.net