The Vinyl Ape 🦧<p>SMASHING PUMPKINS<br>Gish<br>2011 UK remastered reissue</p><p>Last spin of this Saturday night, and I’m opening all the windows, and turning the knob FULL RIGHT.</p><p>The first two Pumpkins albums are essential cornerstones of my youth. I knew exactly where I was when I heard both for the first time.</p><p>I bought Gish on cassette from Spinnaker’s in Hyannis, Ma the same day I bought my CD copy of Dinosaur Jr.’s Green Mind (I only had enough for ONE CD). I threw Gish in my Walkman and walked the beach while my sister and her boyfriend made out, and I got my brains blown out.</p><p>I Am One, Siva, and Rhinoceros right out the gate are still in my top 10 SP tunes. Gish is heavy, gnarly, psychedelic, dreamy… ALL OF IT.</p><p>Two years later, another insane masterpiece would completely shake the foundations of my world.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vinyl</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/vinylrecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vinylrecords</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/vinylcollection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vinylcollection</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/vinylcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vinylcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/1990s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1990s</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>90s</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/90smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>90smusic</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/smashingpumpkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smashingpumpkins</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/gish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gish</span></a></p>