Atum

Part of the Madame ZuZu’s x Rough Trade collaboration — a curated selection of exclusive and special vinyl releases.

The Smashing Pumpkins presents ATUM, a rock opera in three acts. The album tells an epic interplanetary story set in the not-too-distant future. Each song stands on its own in the Pumpkins pantheon.

This album is the final installment in a concept album trilogy that started with 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and continued with 2000's Machina/The Machines of God. The lineup includes original band members William Corgan, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin, along with longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder.

William Corgan had been working on the rock opera concept for years. The pandemic provided him with the time off the road to meticulously complete it in the grandiose way he had always intended.

Madame ZuZu’s is a Chicago-based independent record label and cultural platform founded by Billy Corgan and Chloé Mendel Corgan, centred on music, vinyl, art and community.