The Smashing Pumpkins - CYR

CYR is the eleventh studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released in November 2020 via Sumerian Records.

The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1988 by Billy Corgan (lead vocals, guitar), D'arcy Wretzky (bass), James Iha (guitar), and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums), the band has undergone many line-up changes. The current line-up features Corgan, Chamberlin, Iha and guitarist Jeff Schroeder.

The Smashing Pumpkins return with a new double album CYR.

The album features 20 tracks, including the title track “Cyr” and “The Colour Of Love”, and was recorded in the band’s native Chicago with Billy Corgan serving as producer.

CYR marks Smashing Pumpkins second album since their semi-reunion with guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, following 2018’s Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. The album is the band’s first with Sumerian Records, who recently signed them to their label, and the second in the Shiny and Oh So Bright series.

This double album 2LP record set is a limited edition on orchid coloured vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with a 24 page booklet, pressed in Europe via Sumerian Records.