The Smashing Pumpkins Future In Doubt If New Album Doesn't Impress
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Illinois four-piece Smashing Pumpkins could end up splitting if their new album ‘Oceania’ doesn’t impress, according to frontman Billy Corgan.
The band have taken to releasing singles online, but the vocalist and guitarist has admitted that he overestimated the publicity singles would get when he posted them to the band’s Facebook page, and said that if the fans don’t get behind their new album, a major re-evaluation of the band is needed.
“If we're able to get that sense that something is happening again and get people to rally behind us a bit, I think the next three, four years will be very interesting for the band,” said Corgan. “I think if it (‘Oceania’) basically hits the same wall a lot of the other stuff has hit, we're going to have to step back and really evaluate where we're going, because it's a tremendous amount of energy to put out to just feel like you're throwing a pebble in the ocean.
“I saw we weren't getting the penetration in to everybody that I would have hoped. I mean, we have 1.3 million followers on our Facebook page, right? So you think you put a song up and 1.3 million people are going to see it, but only if they're looking at the exact moment it goes up.
“They're not necessarily searching and their friends aren't necessarily going to tell them about it. I just saw that we weren't reaching the sort of casual person who still gets their information from traditional sources. So I thought, 'What do I need to do?' and then I thought, 'OK, I'll go back to making an album.'”
Corgan went on to talk about the album itself, describing it as “Some of the most melodic work I've ever done, but somehow it rocks pretty hard, too.”
“It's probably the most open-sounding album I've ever made. The general description I've heard from people who have heard it is that it reminds them of the Pumpkins in the way they like the Pumpkins, but somehow it sounds new.”
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