zwan / mary star of the sea

billy c. is back and it's good to hear from him again. after dissolving one of my favorite bands, he recorded and toured with New Order and then went on to form this new band... Zwan. starting from where he left off with Smashing Pumpkins, the new bands borrows heavily from the latter SP works... a la Adore and Machina ... and in my opinion, that's not necessarily a bad thing. i know that some hard core fans will be craving harder songs but i really enjoyed their last few albums.