The Smashing Pumpkins Set Their Clock

Brian Raftery | June 19, 2007 11:23 am
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ARTIST: The Smashing Pumpkins TITLE: “Doomsday Clock” WEB DEBUT: June 19, 2007 RELEASE DATE: July 10, 2007 SOUND QUALITY: 198kbps ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: Those of you still worried about last year’s faux-Pumpkins mini-scandal can breathe easy: This track’s opening drum thwacks and snarled vocal lines are all authentically Pumpkinsy, and “Clock” will no doubt appeal to fans of harder-edged Corgan numbers like “Bodies” or “Jellybelly.” But what’s with the tortured “nobody loves me” chorus? Hasn’t anyone befriended this guy in the past ten years? WHERE TO FIND IT: Deaf Indie Elephants