Look who’s back 18 years later

Nearly two decades after an acrimonious split, the classic lineup of Smashing Pumpkins yesterday announced it had recorded a new album together.

The alternative rock icons led by the piercing voice of Billy Corgan said the album — entitled, in one of the band’s characteristically unique turns of phrase, Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. — on November 16. The band also released a new single from the album, Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts), a harmony-rich guitar track.

The announcement came after Corgan reunited with fellow guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin for the first time since 2000 for a tour.

Notably absent from the reunion is bassist D’arcy Wretzky, who has had an especially tense relationship with Corgan and struggled with drugs. Smashing Pumpkins was one of the most successful bands of the 1990s boom in alternative rock.