Smashing Pumpkins go goth with new EP

On January 2, with little fanfare, the Smashing Pumpkins dropped a brand spanking new EP entitled American Gothic. A brief announcement from smashingpumpkins.com on December 19 revealed the resurrected alt-rock band’s intention to release material written between their recent tours.

“We have always regretted not recording more in between tours because [our] albums have never caught the full story of the group… it’s sort of Zeitgeist+,” says Corgan.

Four new acoustic songs were recorded over the holiday break at Pass Studio in Los Angeles, CA, produced by head Pumpkin Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, with assistance on one track by Roy Thomas Baker.

Today, January 2, Billy the kid and his ragtag crew released American Gothic, a four-song EP, which is available in the U.S. exclusively through iTunes. You can purchase the EP all by its lonesome or as a bribebonus for picking up a copy of Zeitgeist for your iThing. Outside the U.S., the disc will emerge in physical form sometime later this month.