The year is starting to wind down. With two months to go I started thinking about differences between this year and last. What I’m after, interested in, yearn for, strive for…those are all internal differences. I’d have to say the biggest observable change this year has been taste in music. I dived head first into EDM and haven’t looked back. I think of the friends I talk to the most and almost all of them have been met as a result of the edm scene

But, one thing still holds true…My love for the Smashing Pumpkins hasn’t diminished! haha.

“Is it bright where you are
Have the people changed
Does it make you happy you’re so strange
And in your darkest hour, I hold secret’s flame
You can watch the world devoured in its pain”

Speaking of, Billy has decided to change his release format to individually released songs vs the typical album organization. There will be 44 songs, released individually and divided up into 11, 4 track sets. I wouldn’t mind the EP format, a la American Gothic, but individual tracks? While I’m very anxious to hear the new direction of SP–especially without Jimmy on drums–I don’t believe individual tracks with broad gaps between can demonstrate that. By the time the album is fully assembled (one to two years) one could very possibly be burned out on the early releases and unable to grasp the fully concept of the album. Oh yeah, its a concept album. Hopefully, this project will either be a little more narrow in scope than Machina or actually finished.

Admittedly, this is just early speculation. The first track isn’t scheduled to drop until mid-November. I do like the open approach Billy is taking with this release though. There is more info about studio sessions and writing, interviews, etc. Even if you’re not a SP fan…if you know anything about the band you have to give them credit. They are constantly evolving.