Teargarden by Kaleidyscope

"Teargarden" redirects here. For the band, see The Tear Garden.

Teargarden by Kaleidyscope
Cover art for the project featured on the official website
Recording by
The Smashing Pumpkins
ReleasedDecember 8, 2009 (2009-12-08) – December 9, 2014
RecordedSeptember 15, 2009 – July 2014 (abandoned)
Genre
Length139:11
LabelMartha's Music/Rocket Science
Producer
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
American Gothic
(2008) 		Teargarden by Kaleidyscope
(2009) 		Oceania
(2012)
Singles from Teargarden by Kaleidyscope
  1. "Widow Wake My Mind"
    Released: January 18, 2010
  2. "Freak"
    Released: July 20, 2010
  3. "Owata"
    Released: May 4, 2011
  4. "The Celestials"
    Released: June 1, 2012
  5. "Panopticon"
    Released: September 15, 2012
  6. "Being Beige"
    Released: October 20, 2014
  7. "One and All (We Are)"
    Released: November 5, 2014
  8. "Drum + Fife"
    Released: November 20, 2014
  9. "Run2Me"
    Released: October 22, 2015

Teargarden by Kaleidyscope is a music project by alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins that was started in late 2009 by frontman Billy Corgan following the second departure of original drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The project initially was conceived as a 44-song concept album loosely inspired by the Tarot, with each song being released individually as a free download.[5][6] By August 2018, after 34 tracks had been released, Corgan announced via Instagram that the project had been abandoned.

In 2009 and 2010, Corgan and new drummer Mike Byrne recorded and released two EPs, Volume 1: Songs for a Sailor and Volume 2: The Solstice Bare.[7][8] Following the addition of bassist Nicole Fiorentino to the band, the band recorded two additional songs as a quartet with guitarist Jeff Schroeder, after which the free download approach was abandoned in favor of more conventional album releases.[9] In 2012, Oceania was released as an "album-within-an-album" and was met with generally positive reviews.

In 2014, Byrne and Fiorentino exited the band, and Corgan and Schroeder began work on the final two Teargarden releases. Monuments to an Elegy, which features Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe on drums, was released in December 2014 while its more experimental companion album Day for Night was shelved and remains unreleased. By 2018, the entire project had been scrapped.

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  2. ^ "Explosive Billy Corgan Interview: The Awakening Has Begun". Retrieved July 7, 2012 – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
  3. ^ Shriver, Jerry (May 25, 2010). "Listen Up: Stone Temple Pilots can still soar with the best". USA Today. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  4. ^ Dolan, Jon (June 19, 2012). "Smashing Pumpkins – Oceania". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Free 44 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Epstein, Dan (September 17, 2009). "Smashing Pumpkins Recording "A New Kind Of Album"". Shockhound.com. Retrieved December 12, 2009.
  7. ^ "Smashing Pumpkins EP Part Of 'Record Store Day' Promotion". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner. March 18, 2010. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  8. ^ "InSound: Teargarden by Kaleidyscope". InSound. January 23, 2010. Archived from the original on May 8, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  9. ^ Anderson, Kyle (December 7, 2009). "Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Explains Why He's Giving Away New LP For Free". MTV.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009. Retrieved December 12, 2009.