The Smashing Pumpkins have been working on a new album, which has been described as a “sequel” to 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina. Speaking with ABC Audio, guitarist Jeff Schroeder shares a bit more about the record, and its massive scope.

“This Pumpkins thing is such a big project,” Schroeder reveals. “It’s gonna be 33 songs.”

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Working on the record, Schroeder says, has so far been the “deepest musical journey” he’s taken in his career.

“I mean, 33 songs is a lot,” he muses. “That’s a lot of tunes.”

The ambition of the forthcoming project is also influenced by the way the Pumpkins have come to approach making records.

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“We are not a band that goes in the studio and jams it out and is gonna do an album in a few days,” Schroeder explains. “Like, these are painstakingly worked-over albums where every second of the record is thought about.”

As for progress on the album, Schroeder says he’s about “halfway done” with his parts. Production-wise, he likens the music to the most recent Pumpkins record, last November’s CYR.

“It’s more of a forward-leaning album in production, not very four guys, five guys in a room jamming-type of record,” Schroeder says. “It’s a very produced album, so far.”

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He adds, “But…things could change.”

Meanwhile, Schroeder just released his debut solo song, “Haenim.”

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