--- description: The rock band's frontman announced the upcoming releases online yesterday title: Billy Corgan announces 2 new Smashing Pumpkins albums for 2015 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20add52951d243da/6986874855a8591e87a7fec1/175345045.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Smashing Pumpkins Plan to Release Two "Epic" New Albums in 2015 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 26, 2014 1:56 PM CUT  Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins performs on stage on Day 1 of Off Festival on August 2, 2013 in Katowice, Poland. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins performs on stage on Day 1 of Off Festival on August 2, 2013 in Katowice, Poland.Helen Boast -- Redferns via Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 26, 2014 1:56 PM CUT Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan [has announced](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5944947/smashing-pumpkins-to-release-pair-of-epic-albums-in-2015 "undefined") that his band is gearing up to release not one but _two_ new albums in 2015. “Pleased to announce that I’ve just inked a new record deal with BMG,” Corgan [wrote on the band’s website](http://www.smashingpumpkinsnexus.com/#!Two-New-Smashing-Pumpkins-Albums-Set-for-2015/c7ba/A17022BC-8DA1-4A25-9D18-71B7B24E39BB "undefined") on Mar. 25, the same day he said the group was beginning to record. Corgan went on to write that the two albums would be titled _Monuments To An Elegy_ and _Day For Night_ and expanded on what he envisioned for the albums’ sound: “For those interested in sound, think: ‘guitars, guitars, guitars, and more guitars’; but more so on the epic side of things than say, grossly metallic.” _Monuments To An Elegy,_ which will be the first of the two albums, and _Day For Night_ will both be produced by Howard Willing, an assistant on 1998’s _Adore_. The two albums will be the first Pumpkins’ releases since 2012’s _Oceania_ and with most of the songs already written and ready to go, according to Corgan, the band hopes to have a single out by the end of the year. \[[_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5944947/smashing-pumpkins-to-release-pair-of-epic-albums-in-2015 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/38368/smashing-pumpkins-new-albums/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/38368/smashing-pumpkins-new-albums/"},"headline":"Smashing Pumpkins Plan to Release Two \"Epic\" New Albums in 2015","datePublished":"2014-03-26T13:56:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:58:14.139Z","description":"The rock band's frontman announced the upcoming releases online yesterday","url":"https://time.com/38368/smashing-pumpkins-new-albums/","keywords":["Music","Rock","2015","Albums"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20add52951d243da/6986874855a8591e87a7fec1/175345045.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20add52951d243da/6986874855a8591e87a7fec1/175345045.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Off Festival - Day 1","caption":"Off Festival - Day 1","creditText":"Helen Boast -- Redferns via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/38368/smashing-pumpkins-new-albums/","name":"Smashing Pumpkins Plan to Release Two \"Epic\" New Albums in 2015"}}]}] ```