Cyr (stylized in all caps) is the eleventh studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. The album was released on November 27, 2020, by Sumerian Records, and is the second part in the band's Shiny and Oh So Bright series. Self-produced by vocalist and guitarist Billy Corgan, the album was preceded by the release of ten of its songs as singles. Background and recording After the band's previous album, Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. was released, the band toured in support of it, while at the time subtly talking about their upcoming recording efforts via Billy Corgan's Instagram stories. Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin notes that he and Corgan began planning the aesthetic of Cyr in early 2019, with Corgan sending him up to 35 potential song options: "It’s hard when you start with, like, 35 songs. Then you just whittle them down, except the criteria for the record was pretty high. Billy started sending me sketches of stuff he was thinking about, and we started talking about the drum sound." In early 2020 Corgan confirmed that new album was in the process of being recorded, while going back and forth on how many songs would be on th…