Pumpkin Re-awakening

I was going to put the new Smashing Pumpkins album down as a negative thing in my last blog's list but that would be wrong of me.

While I happily admit that what I've heard of it is a great pile of the smelly stuff it made me appreciate their former work all the more and I have spent the last few days basking in the glory of Mellon Collie.. and Siamese Dream.

Seriously, how perfect is this song:


My Pumpkins re-awakening also extended to finally seeking out the previously elusive Machina 2. I remembered hearing that it was only available on the internet and so did a little research. Turns out that it was intended as a free giveaway to people that bought Machina but the record label said no. So a limited pressing was given away with instructions to distribute freely on the internet. I got mine here for free. 3 eps and an album for nothing. Bonus. If you ask me it would have made a better release than Machina. This one actually sounds like a proper band at times rather than some over produced atrocity.