I've been in a Smashing Pumpkins sort of mood these last few days. The band are set to release album number eight on June 19th. Oceania is an album within the mammoth 44 song concept album Teargarden By Kaleidyscope.
Probably my favourite song off of the self-released Teargarden is a song called 'Owata'. I should clerify. The live version you find below, is my favourite song. The version that ended up being officially released lacked the edge this live version brings to the table.
Bassist (and all-around babe) Nicole Fiorentino had this to say about Oceania:
"I think we delved into new territory for sure, but what I love about this record is that it has that familiar old-school Pumpkins feel to it, with a modern twist. The cool thing is he was able to capture the energy of the old material without ripping it off. Billy's definitely found his way back to whatever he was tapping into when writing Gish and Siamese Dream".
So more psychedelic spaced-out rockers like 'Starla' then?
The Pumpkins have been actively performing songs from the new album live over the past six months. Here are a few of my favourites from what I've heard so far.
'Quasar':
'Pinwheels':
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