Anyone listen to the new Smashing Pumpkins album?

[TeTe]

Billy claimed that this album would return to their 90s sound, which I think it sort of did. It's definitely a straight up rock album as he claimed it would be. Which is a departure from Atum, which was a little too synthy for me. I liked a few songs out the 33 on that album but overall it was disappointing. This album is solid though. Definitely not super heavy on the distortion and fuzziness like Siamese Dream, but does sound more like Melancholy.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Not bad, it's hard to stay relevant when you get older.

You only have a small window of opportunity to be at your best at music imo.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Honestly, I don't think I've listened to a Pumpkins album since Machina. I had no idea they were even still making music.

 

[Leonard Haid]

That song goes great with your ass avatar.

 

[tank666]

I was a hardcore Pumpkin fan back in the day and lucky enough to see them 3 times in 90s. Think their first 3 albums are classics and both Machina / Adore pretty great too.

But Billy seems to have lost his songwriting mojo over the years just releasing so many boring turgid albums. And wanky song titles. Most of their material over last 17 years is vastly inferior even to their early B sides imo and just nowhere their early brilliance. Don't know if it's partly to do with changing line up and other people's influence or just apathy. Or deliberately making music he knows his fans don't want. (I was bitterly disappointed with Atum as thought it was a sequel to Mellon Collie(!?) but just sounded like same boring old stuff Billy could write in his sleep imo.)

This latest is step in the right direction I guess but still very meh for me. I still rate SP as one of my all time favourite bands and think Billy is a genius though.

 

[tank666]

Honestly, I don't think I've listened to a Pumpkins album since Machina. I had no idea they were even still making music.

You haven't missed anything believe me.

 

[TuBB]

Saw them in Vegas last summer. Billy kept teasing James and you could tell James has put up with a lot of shit over the years. They sounded pretty good but my biggest memory from that show will always be some guy in front of me yelling out "Stop fucking around Billyyyyyyy!" when he just wanted to play the new stuff lol

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Fuck no, I like to imagine they stopped making music about 25 years ago.

 

[TeTe]

Honestly, I don't think I've listened to a Pumpkins album since Machina. I had no idea they were even still making music.

I've seen them twice in concert over past two years and they still sound great.

 

[TeTe]

Fuck no, I like to imagine they stopped making music about 25 years ago.

Lol, pretty much any band won't live up to the their hay day. Bands usually can't transition back in time to when their music was most relevant. My favorite band is Pearl jam and it's still the same case... Even though their newest album is pretty good.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

I listened and enjoyed it. That said I went off SP since I saw them in 07, Billy Corgan is a massive wanker. Long extended jams, barely any of the classics (and he teased a few), terrible show, i left early.

 

[Plissken]

I was a hardcore Pumpkin fan back in the day and lucky enough to see them 3 times in 90s. Think their first 3 albums are classics and both Machina / Adore pretty great too.

But Billy seems to have lost his songwriting mojo over the years just releasing so many boring turgid albums. And wanky song titles. Most of their material over last 17 years is vastly inferior even to their early B sides imo and just nowhere their early brilliance. Don't know if it's partly to do with changing line up and other people's influence or just apathy. Or deliberately making music he knows his fans don't want. (I was bitterly disappointed with Atum as thought it was a sequel to Mellon Collie(!?) but just sounded like same boring old stuff Billy could write in his sleep imo.)

This latest is step in the right direction I guess but still very meh for me. I still rate SP as one of my all time favourite bands and think Billy is a genius though.

Same sort of deal as Weezer, sometimes you need a good long break so you only publish your best stuff and don't fall into creative malaise.

 

[Meatspin]

I've seen them twice in concert over past two years and they still sound great.

Yup my experience too, definitely still worth seeing. Also glad I got to go in 1996.

 

[triptych]

Well, well.....as soon as I listened to the intro tune on the new album I thought, hell yeeeaaaaah....Corgan got his thing together finally. I stopped listening to SP many moons ago coz they started to wimp out, esp after the departure of sexy talented Melissa auf der Maur on bass ...great new album and sound, well-arranged songs and the heaviness is back ....I do miss Melissa on bass though.