Smashing Pumpkins- ATUM (November 15, 2022; January 31, 2023; April 21, 2023) • Page 7

And The Future Embrace.

 

spotify is evil and you shouldn't want things added to it is my continued unfun take sorry

 

You don't have to apologize for disliking an amoral corporation, I assure you.

 

Saw them live for the first time tonight, on their tour with Weezer.

They were fucking excellent. Could have done with a few less songs from this, but they played for two hours so I’ll let them off.

 

Crazy setlist

 

Gossamer!!

 

New album called ‘AGHORI MHORI MEI’ out August 2nd

 

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS – AGHORI MHORI MEI TRACKLIST
1.) Edin
2.) Pentagrams
3.) Sighommi
4.) Pentecost
5.) War Dreams Of Itself
6.) Who Goes There
7.) 999
8.) Goeth The Fall
9.) Sicarus
10.) Murnau

 

Thankfully we're back to normal album lengths, but urgh they're still doing the lazy ass album art.

 

Gotta respect Billy Corgan's steadfast denial that SP is a heritage act. That being said, looking at their subreddit, does seem to be a younger fanbase that is all in on the newer stuff. Still curious as to how long of a set they'll get opening for Green Day.

 

Hell yeah, love a surprise drop.

 

The band seems like they’re in a really good place right now, especially after this most recent European tour with Kiki now in the live lineup. Also, just anecdotally, whenever I’m in our local Newbury Comics, there are always teenagers checking out Pumpkins records, so they’re definitely having a bit of a resurgence right now. Looking forward to the new album!

 

Is this the supposed “guitar” album they were making or something else

 

One of my friends saw them in Birmingham recently and he said it was the best time he has seen the Pumpkins live and said they sounded amazing and Billy himself looked like he was having a lot of fun onstage as well.

 

According to the press release it is suppose to be guitar heavy and more in the vain of the first 2 SP albums

 

Listened, it's more guitar-heavy but it's missing the crucial piece of SP that Billy doesn't seem to recognize whenever anyone complains about what he's making not sounding like "old SP", melody.

 

I just finished my first listen and man, I actually really liked this. Love hearing the heavy guitars and Jimmy is in top form. I can see why they didn’t release any singles, because I agree with the post above that it isn’t a very vocal-hook heavy album. I’d definitely label it as more progressive rock than the grunge/alternative of their early stuff. But I’m really happy, I think this is some of the best stuff Billy has done in a while.

 

Did this leak? Or is it up early on streaming?

 

Leak from NZ/Aus is what I have but, yeah, set your VPN to that region and you can stream it.

 

This is actually pretty cool, def agree on the prog sound. Kudos to Billy for rehabbing his image/personality and not just turning SP into a catalogue/nostalgia act.

 

yep, it sounds better than they have in a while (they obviously know they haven't sounded much like a "real rock band" on record of late) but unfortunately I just don't think the songs are going to stick with me at all. the x-factor in his songwriting departed a while back.

 

Every once in a while, there’s a really fucking good SP song but for the most part, it’s all just meh. I loved “Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)” but the rest of that reunion record in 2018 did nothing for me.

 

Who Goes There is the one. They need a producer so bad lol

 

Going in with zero expectation, but if this can at least come close to Oceania aka the last time I liked an album front to back, I'll be happy

 

this fucking slays. Ive liked everything they have ever done (Cyr rules), but this really feels like a return to the old pumpkins and is probably the best thing thing they have put out since Zeitgeist.

top 3 currently
Pentagrams
Who Goes There
Goeth the Fall