CYR released November 27, 2020! It is the 11th studio album by The Smashing Pumpkins. It features a synth-pop sound and was preceded by 10 of its songs as double A-side singles. In support, an animated series called In Ashes was released, written by Billy Corgan and animated by Deep Sky Studios. While it doesn't bear the name, CYR comprises what was intended as volume two of the Shiny series, following 2018's Vol 1.
"We're good pop assassins, and I think as long as we're sort of in that space, we're good. Anybody can ascribe anything they want to it as far as stylistically, but it bears repeating that what most of the general public knows of the band is really only one small slice of the band's music. The band's sort of width was a lot wider. So this falls quite comfortably in the music that we've made through the years." ~WPC
Corgan began writing for CYR in late 2018 with 35 potential songs. He produced it himself, working outside his comfort zone: "I was trying to bring myself into modernity … realized that when I first heard Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy and Joy Division, they were making very modern music by using the technology that they had at hand. So had to get inside the choices that they made." The band members recorded their typical parts, with synths by Corgan, although many of the synths and guitars are indistinguishable. The synths were rarely sequenced and instead played by hand. Backing vocals were largely arranged by Katie Cole, who sang them with Sierra Swan. Jimmy Chamberlin notes that the sound of his drums (which were all acoustic) were influenced by "early-70s prog rock bands, that type of tight dry drum sound."
Corgan has said the artwork was inspired by the "naked pentagram guy" pictured in the liner notes of Rush's 1976 album, 2112.
AllMusic gave CYR 4/5 stars, declaring "another epic statement rife with troubled beauty, presented from a slightly different angle but true to the spirit of longing and restless wonder that has defined [SP] for over 30 years." It peaked at #86 on the Billboard 200, at #10 on the Rock Albums chart, and appeared on at least nine other national charts.
https://spcodex.wiki/wiki/CYRCYR released November 27, 2020! It is the 11th studio album by The Smashing Pumpkins. It features a synth-pop sound and was preceded by 10 of its songs as double A-side singles. In support, an animated series called In Ashes was released, written by Billy Corgan and animated by Deep Sky Studios. While it doesn't bear the name, CYR comprises what was intended as volume two of the Shiny series, following 2018's Vol 1.
"We're good pop assassins, and I think as long as we're sort of in that space, we're good. Anybody can ascribe anything they want to it as far as stylistically, but it bears repeating that what most of the general public knows of the band is really only one small slice of the band's music. The band's sort of width was a lot wider. So this falls quite comfortably in the music that we've made through the years." ~WPC
Corgan began writing for CYR in late 2018 with 35 potential songs. He produced it himself, working outside his comfort zone: "I was trying to bring myself into modernity … realized that when I first heard Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy and Joy Division, they were making very modern music by using the technology that they had at hand. So had to get inside the choices that they made." The band members recorded their typical parts, with synths by Corgan, although many of the synths and guitars are indistinguishable. The synths were rarely sequenced and instead played by hand. Backing vocals were largely arranged by Katie Cole, who sang them with Sierra Swan. Jimmy Chamberlin notes that the sound of his drums (which were all acoustic) were influenced by "early-70s prog rock bands, that type of tight dry drum sound."
Corgan has said the artwork was inspired by the "naked pentagram guy" pictured in the liner notes of Rush's 1976 album, 2112.
AllMusic gave CYR 4/5 stars, declaring "another epic statement rife with troubled beauty, presented from a slightly different angle but true to the spirit of longing and restless wonder that has defined [SP] for over 30 years." It peaked at #86 on the Billboard 200, at #10 on the Rock Albums chart, and appeared on at least nine other national charts.
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