The Smashing Pumpkins are streaming their long delayed album ‘Oceania‘ online via iTunes.
The album, originally pencilled in for release last September, will instead hit the shelves on June 18th, and is now able to be previewed ahead of its release next week.
The Smashing Pumpkins’ seventh studio album will again be dealt with by EMI after the company reached a deal with the band’s principal member Billy Corgan to work along side his own label Martha’s Music.
“We are thrilled to extend the long-term partnership between The Smashing Pumpkins and EMI with the release of ‘Oceania’,” EMI Label Services’ Mike Harris remarked when the deal was announced. “Everybody at EMI is looking forward to working closely with Billy and the band to help them deliver their vision and their music to fans around the world.”
Last year, Billy Corgan admitted the future of the Smashing Pumpkins is likely to hinge on the fortunes of ‘Oceania’, telling Billboard: “I think if ‘Oceania’ basically hits the same wall a lot of the other stuff has hit, we’re going to have to step back and really evaluate where we’re going, because it’s a tremendous amount of energy to put out to just feel like you’re throwing a pebble in the ocean.”