Smashing Pumpkins Working on New Album

Jeff Schroeder says Smashing Pumpkins are about half way done with the album that Billy Corgan says is the third in a trilogy that includes Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and Machina.

Schroeder tells Audio Ink, “This one is 33 songs. We’ve been working for a long [time] — almost, basically, the whole year on it. But we’re in the middle of real tracking and stuff right now. James [Iha] and I are working out here in L.A. Drums are basically done, so Jimmy [Chamberlin’s] done his part. But Billy is working in Chicago, and I’m out here in L.A., and James is in L.A., so we’re plowing through it. That’ll probably take most of the rest of the year, ’cause it’s a big, sprawling thing.”

Schroeder adds that doing this project has been a bit difficult. “It’s been very challenging to work on a piece that big, because even for me as a guitar player, usually you’re always kind of working on things and you have a bunch of ideas to try on these new tracks. And then, after four songs, you’re like, ‘Okay, I’ve gotta come up with some other stuff.’ So, then you work hard and get through the first 11 songs, and you’re like, ‘Oh, wait a second. That’s only the first act. I’ve got two more acts to go!'”