The new Smashing Pumpkins album...

...is actually pretty listenable. I'm four tracks in, and I'm not coughing and spluttering or anything.

It sounds the same as it did in '96, but it feels different; that might be because I have an adult brain in my skull now.

Don't be afraid to spin it, especially if you were put off by MACHINA. Good job, Billy and Jimmy. Melodic, sprawling guitars and spacious, underrated drumming as usual.