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###  <center><b>Smashing Pumpkins</b>   - <i>Confessions of a Dopamine Addict</i></center>

## I, like many other people I'm sure,
<div class="pull-right">https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/grapthar/23t7AySHr6vP7xhAPkVDJKTYe7Xc2ehZADXQX4Pawjue3fwAbDefmx32GJNbFWFuDWGRH.jpg<center><b>The band live in recent years (<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stagerightsecrets.com%2Fthe-smashing-pumpkins-live-review-photo-gallery%2F&psig=AOvVaw1VxgVy3M-MvwZ_ris5ZXRk&ust=1668923790894000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA8QjRxqFwoTCPDC-9_HufsCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAH">Image Source</a>)</b></center></div><div class="text-justify">have been a fan of the <b>Smashing Pumpkins</b> for a long time, and consider their early material some of the most influential of the '90s.  I hadn't really listened to anything more recent from them, but I decided to check out their newest albums, and found that I liked them quite a bit, though for different reasons than I like their earlier stuff.  The band was formed in 1988 by Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, and Jimmy Chamberlin and in that incarnation existed until 2000 (though Wretzky left in 1999).  The group reunited in 2006, though since that time, Corgan has been the core of the band, with various line-up changes happening around him.  Excluding Wretzky, the current line-up of the band is the 'classic' line-up, with Wretzky's position filled by Iha and Corgan, and a new member, Jeff Schroeder, providing additional guitars and keyboards.  Today's song is from the band's 2020 album <i>CYR</i>, and is definitely a big departure from their earlier sound.  The band embraced a very synth-pop heavy style on this album, which seems to have received sort of mix reviews, with a lot of people disliking it quite a bit.  I, however, really have enjoyed listening to this album, and as a fan of the dark synth-pop stuff, definitely find it a lot of fun to listen to.  Corgan's melody writing is great as always, and although musically its different from anything they've done previous to this, I still find it worth the listen.</div>








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## <center>[Listen to *Confessions of a Dopamine Addict* by **Smashing Pumpkins** here...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFYaUYce8jY)</center>
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### <center><b>Smashing Pumpkins, <i>CYR</i> (2020, Sumerian Records)</b></center>






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