2025 press.
Billy and the gang’s cult favourite gets the full 25th anniversary treatment. Machina was the big, moody, ambitious return after Adore – layers of fuzzed guitars, doomy atmosphere, spiritual themes, and Corgan going full prophet mode. At the time it split opinion, but two decades on it stands tall as one of their most underrated statements. This reissue gives it the shine (and volume) it always deserved.
FFO: Jane’s Addiction on a vision quest, My Bloody Valentine with riffs, The Smashing Pumpkins when they get dramatic and heavy