‘Mary Star Of The Sea’ is grandiose, anthemic and rarely troubled by either subtlety or overt experimentation. So has Corgan abandoned stadium bombast for the humble allure of lo-fi? Well, of course not. ![]() Joining Corgan and Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, then, are Paz Lenchantin, bassist in A Perfect Circle and a Queens Of The Stone Age associate guitarist Matt Sweeney, once of post-hardcore types Chavez, more recently a sideman for Bonnie Prince Billy and Catpower and, intriguingly, the patron saint of post-rock David Pajo, who’s figured in Slint, Tortoise and Royal Trux as well as his own fine Papa M. Now he’s formed Zwan with an impressive selection of musicians mostly removed from the industrial metal world he so recently inhabited. For a start, he’s toured as back-up guitarist for New Order in a gesture of unexpected fanboy humility. The Pumpkins‘ farewell tour scrolled on interminably, but when it was over, the suspicion was that Corgan would never trouble sane listeners again.Ī couple of years on, though, Corgan has done some usefully weird things. Presiding over the last rites of The Smashing Pumpkins, he styled himself as a goth-metal high priest who’d sacrificed his talent in favour of pretension. ![]() The last time he was round these parts Billy Corgan looked, to be honest, a bit of a lost cause.
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