Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania Options

[PillarOfDavidson]

http://soundcloud.com/smashingpumpkins/sets/oceania/

[PillarOfDavidson]

I know what you're saying. The music doesn't grab hold of you the way the early stuff did, but there are some songs on there I really like. Pinwheels is one of them. I love the way the song flows and those chord changes are ethereal. I also really dig The Chimera and Glissandra.

I think it's a case of "give it a few more listens and I'll start to get it".

[themaestro]

I know what you're saying. The music doesn't grab hold of you the way the early stuff did, but there are some songs on there I really like. Pinwheels is one of them. I love the way the song flows and those chord changes are ethereal. I also really dig The Chimera and Glissandra.

I think it's a case of "give it a few more listens and I'll start to get it".

I like those songs too. As an overall album it's probably better than their last several releases. In that sense BC accomplished what he set out to by focusing on the album as the listening experience. I'm not sure if that affected his writing style on a song by song basis but it's lacking a catchy tune that can stick in your head. Even Zeitgeist had "That's the Way (My Love is) which is a pretty good song.