Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)

"Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)"
Single by Smashing Pumpkins
from the album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.
Released September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13)[1][2][3]
Format Digital download[4]
Recorded 2018
Studio Shangri Las[5]
Genre Alternative rock
Songwriter(s) Billy Corgan
Producer(s) Rick Rubin [1]
Smashing Pumpkins singles chronology
"Solara"
(2018)		 "Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)"
(2018)

Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, written by the band's frontman, Billy Corgan. It was announced on the band's Twitter account on September 13, 2018. The song was released as the second single from the band's upcoming album Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.[6] the same day.[2][3] The track was recorded with Rick Rubin in early 2018 and is the second track from the reforming three-quarters of the band's original lineup.[1]

Background and recording

The single was released on September 13, 2018 and is the follow up to the bands first single "Solara", in its partially reformed incarnation. The song was produced by record producer Rick Rubin, who the band had previously worked with band in the mid-'90s.[7] It was recorded at the Shangri Las recording studio, Malibu, California in early 2018.

Music video

On September 13, 2018, Corgan announced on his personal Instagram account that production had wrapped on the music video for the song. The video was directed by Corgan himself and produced by long-time Smashing Pumpkins collaborator Linda Strawberry. Fans of the band were recruited as extras for the video.[8]

Personnel

Band

Production

References

  1. 1 2 3 "SP New Album", Alternative Nation, 28 August 2018. Retrieved on 4 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) single", NME Japan, 29 August 2018. Retrieved on 5 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) Twitter announcement", Twitter, Retrieved on 13 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) single information", Amazon, Retrieved on 5 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "SP recording", LoudWire, 8 June 2018. Retrieved on 4 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Sodomsky, Sam; Kim, Michelle (September 14, 2018). "Smashing Pumpkins Announce New Album, Share Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  7. 1 2 "SP Interview", LoudWire, 3 July 2018. Retrieved on 4 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) music video production info", Instagram, Retrieved on 13 September 2018.
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