Smashing Pumpkins announce 13th album ‘Aghori Mhori Mei’, out next month

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The Smashing Pumpkins have shared details of a surprise album called ‘Aghori Mhori Mei’, set to arrive next month.News of the forthcoming project arrived earlier today (July 19), when the band took to their social media accounts to confirm that they had completed work on a new LP and would be sharing it on August 2.It marks the 13th album from the alt-rock icons, and follows on from ‘Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts’, which arrived in May 2023.

The members will share the release in its entirety next month, and have confirmed that they will not be sharing any singles beforehand.“We played this game of Rock and Roll for 36 years,” frontman Billy Corgan wrote in a statement. “And… had to give the knee many times to what is the first song and what is the first statement and let other people judge us by one moment in time.

We felt the right way to hear this record was an intact body of work.”“10 songs, about 45 minutes, and then let the fans decide whether or not what we’ve done is what we set out to accomplish, whether we put ourselves back in that original position, whether we were able to go home again with this record.He concluded: “So on August 2nd, 2024, it’ll be there for everyone to listen to.

We’re just gonna put it out digitally. Of course, we’re gonna put it for sale and that comes later, but we want to just put the record out.”‘Aghori Mhori Mei’ will be shared digitally on August 2 and is available for pre-order here.