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The Smashing Pumpkins waste no time. Billy Corgan and his reformed band are back together after releasing the very short Shiny & Oh So Bright Vol.1 in 2018, their first album in 18 years. Cyr is conceived as its follow-up and we notice from its sleeve that it is once again produced by the studio TNSN DVSN. Still, from the Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness era, only drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and guitarist James Iha are back, bassist D’arcy Wretzky is still yet to reconcile with the tyrannic Corgan. At it seems they never will. While the reformed band’s work produced by Rick Rubin revives their golden age of alternative rock, Cyr also embraces a fresher pop sound for one simple reason.
“I got sick of making music that people kept telling me didn’t sound contemporary.”, explains the frontman. In this twenty track double album, Corgan accentuates the synths and feminine choirs. At the beginning, we are reminded of the Canadian band TR/ST with Sulk and its dark pop sound and hammered kick drums. This formula is repeated (which may weary some) but is switched up on Wyttch and its heavy guitars, the organ on Save Your Tears and the chiaroscuro Purple Blood. This unique double album, the opposite of the best-selling one sold in the 90s, proves (if it can continue) that Billy Corgan is best when surrounded by the Pumpkins. © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
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The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
The Smashing Pumpkins, MainArtist - William Patrick Corgan, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
Album review
The Smashing Pumpkins waste no time. Billy Corgan and his reformed band are back together after releasing the very short Shiny & Oh So Bright Vol.1 in 2018, their first album in 18 years. Cyr is conceived as its follow-up and we notice from its sleeve that it is once again produced by the studio TNSN DVSN. Still, from the Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness era, only drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and guitarist James Iha are back, bassist D’arcy Wretzky is still yet to reconcile with the tyrannic Corgan. At it seems they never will. While the reformed band’s work produced by Rick Rubin revives their golden age of alternative rock, Cyr also embraces a fresher pop sound for one simple reason.
“I got sick of making music that people kept telling me didn’t sound contemporary.”, explains the frontman. In this twenty track double album, Corgan accentuates the synths and feminine choirs. At the beginning, we are reminded of the Canadian band TR/ST with Sulk and its dark pop sound and hammered kick drums. This formula is repeated (which may weary some) but is switched up on Wyttch and its heavy guitars, the organ on Save Your Tears and the chiaroscuro Purple Blood. This unique double album, the opposite of the best-selling one sold in the 90s, proves (if it can continue) that Billy Corgan is best when surrounded by the Pumpkins. © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:06
- Main artists: The Smashing Pumpkins
- Composer: Billy Corgan
- Label: Sumerian Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2020 Martha's Music, LLC ℗ 2020 Sumerian Records
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