Truthfully, the new Smashing Pumpkins album didn't do it for me, save a couple of tunes. The Silversun Pickups did a nice job of capturing what I like about the Smashing Pumpkins, however, I can't help but feel like they were an SP cover band who started writing their own music. They even have the same setup. Awesome drummer, the bashful female bassist, pseudo-androgynous singer.
I think they sound the most like Gish era Smashing Pumpkins (i.e, the faster Rhinocerous riff in Waste It On).
The author mentioned tha Lazy Eye was the Gem. You should really listen to Drown, from the "Singles" sound track.
I like them, as a matter of fact, I like them a lot, however I can't help but feel the Album somehow belongs to someone else.
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Alex said on April 1, 2008:
Truthfully, the new Smashing Pumpkins album didn't do it for me, save a couple of tunes. The Silversun Pickups did a nice job of capturing what I like about the Smashing Pumpkins, however, I can't help but feel like they were an SP cover band who started writing their own music. They even have the same setup. Awesome drummer, the bashful female bassist, pseudo-androgynous singer.
I think they sound the most like Gish era Smashing Pumpkins (i.e, the faster Rhinocerous riff in Waste It On).
The author mentioned tha Lazy Eye was the Gem. You should really listen to Drown, from the "Singles" sound track.
I like them, as a matter of fact, I like them a lot, however I can't help but feel the Album somehow belongs to someone else.