"Ina ƙoƙarin yin wani abu da ba za a iya kwatantawa ba," Billy Corgan ya gaya wa MTV a cikin 1998, yana sanar da Smashing Pumpkins' polarized LP na huɗu, wasan kwaikwayo na sautin Adore.
Babban manufa amma sanyi: faifan kundi na ballad da na'urorin lantarki masu haske ba su dace da tsarin Pumpkins na shekaru bakwai da suka gabata ba, yana barin solo na guitar solos, ƙwararrun ganguna da samarwa mara kyau. Daga baya ya bayyana cewa taken wasan kwaikwayo ne akan “Kofa Daya”, yana yin wasa a sabon zamani a cikin aikin kungiyar. Amma a duniyar Kogan, komai yana zagaye, kuma babu kofa daya da ke rufe gaba daya. Kamar yadda wani mutum mai hikima ya rera: “Ƙarshe mafari ne, akwai matuƙa.”
Sakamakon haka, Smashing Pumpkins sun samo asali tsawon shekaru: amsa ra'ayoyin da aka riga aka sani daga magoya baya da masu sukar (2020's art synth-pop Sira), wani lokaci yana haifar da haɓakar haɓakar haɓakar haɓakar haɓakar ɗan adam ko gothic pop fantasy (2012 Oceania) na abubuwan da suka gabata. .
A lokaci guda, ƙungiyar a matsayin ƙungiya ta canza da yawa. Yayin da yake kiran kansa Corgan da Smashing Pumpkins ba ya zama ƙwaƙƙwalwa ba, ayyukansa na goyon bayan yakan rinjayi kiɗan da suke yi, aƙalla a cikin ruhun haɓaka gwaninta. (Babban misali shine Jimmy Chamberlin, wanda ya ƙaddamar da haɗin jazz na musamman da nauyi a cikin kowane kundin da yake kunnawa. To, kusan - za mu kai ga wannan daga baya.)
Ba dukansu ba na iya zama Mafarkin Siamese, amma kowane aikin Smashing Pumpkins yana da aƙalla abin ban dariya-wani tunani na ci gaba da sha'awar Corgan don manyan sanarwa. A ƙasa za mu je gabaɗaya, mu ƙirƙiri duk kundin kundi na ƙungiyar (ban da haɗawa).
Lokacin aikawa: Satumba-19-2022