CYR by The Smashing Pumpkins

CYR, the Smashing Pumpkins' 11th studio album, arrived on November 27, 2020, on Sumerian Records, and it's the band's synth-pop record. Billy Corgan produced it himself and went looking for a contemporary sound, swapping the old wall of guitars for glossy synthesizers. The reunited core was on hand, Corgan with James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin, alongside guitarist Jeff Schroeder, two years after Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 had brought them back together on record.

Corgan rolled it out in an unusual way: ten of its songs came out as singles before the album did, and In Ashes, a five-part animated series he wrote and Mike Anderson directed, doubled as official videos for five tracks. The title track is the one that made the countdowns.

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