The Smashing Pumpkins dropped their latest album a few days ago and it turns out they’re already working on new music. The rock band secretly recorded a Christmas album during COVID, in addition to working on a brand new “straight up rock and roll” record.
The Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin recently set down with SiriusFX to discuss the band’s plans for the future and shared many exciting news. He revealed that he worked on 80 new songs alongside vocalist Billy Corgan throughout the pandemic because they had more free time on their hands.
“You’re always either on tour, you’re doing stuff like [promo]. You’re being pulled in a million different directions. We figured out that could be the only point in time where we have a year or even two years to just simply create music without any logistic constraints on the process,” he explained.
Chamberlin revealed they’ve been working on a new Christmas record, in addition to recording a psychedelic album that they had on a back burner for a while but never got to do.
The Smashing Pumpkins’ latest album Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts was also recorded during the pandemic. They divided it into three parts, and the latest hit the shelves on May 5.
