Sumerian Announce Smashing Pumpkins Tribute Album
SUMERIAN RECORDS ANNOUNCES ‘SENDING HEARTS TO ALL MY DEARIES - A TRIBUTE TO THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’
FEATURING COVERS BY TAME IMPALA, THE MIDNIGHT, PALAYE ROYALE, NITA STRAUSS, & MORE
LISTEN TO TAME IMPALA’S RENDITION OF “HUMMER” HERE
JUNE 23, 2026 — Few bands have left a mark on alternative music as deep and enduring as the GRAMMY® Award-winning rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Today, Sumerian Records proudly announces Sending Hearts To All My Dearies - A Tribute To The Smashing Pumpkins, an ambitious new collection celebrating one of the most influential catalogs in modern rock history. The album arrives digitally on August 14, 2026, with a deluxe 2xLP vinyl release featuring multiple exclusive multi-color variants set for October 16, 2026.
Co-signed and personally titled by Billy Corgan himself, Sending Hearts To All My Dearies takes its name from a beloved lyric in the Siamese Dream classic "Mayonaise" and brings together an eclectic lineup of artists spanning alternative, rock, metal, and beyond to reinterpret songs from every era of The Smashing Pumpkins' storied career.
The collection features transformative takes on iconic anthems including "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" alongside fan-favorite cuts such as "Jellybelly," showcasing the remarkable breadth and lasting impact of a catalog that continues to inspire generations of musicians more than three decades after its inception.
Leading the announcement is Tame Impala's mesmerizing reimagining of "Hummer" from The Smashing Pumpkins' landmark 1993 album Siamese Dream. Expanding on the original's psychedelic spirit, the band layers dreamy vocals, wavy guitar textures, and hypnotic percussion into a modern interpretation that honors the song's dreamlike melodies while filtering it through Kevin Parker's unmistakable sonic lens.
For Parker, the song holds a deeply personal connection: "Siamese Dream was the soundtrack to my high school years and 'Hummer' is the song that takes me back there in the most potent way."
More than a tribute album, Sending Hearts To All My Dearies serves as a conversation between generations of artists, with musicians shaped by The Smashing Pumpkins' fearless songwriting, experimentation, and emotional honesty paying homage through reinterpretation and new perspective. More than three decades after redefining alternative rock, the band's music continues to inspire artists and audiences alike, making this collection both a celebration of their enduring legacy and a reminder that truly great songs never stop evolving.
Sending Hearts To All My Dearies - A Tribute To The Smashing Pumpkins
SMASHING PUMPKINS:
The Smashing Pumpkins are one of the most iconic, iconoclastic, and influential bands of all time, shaping alternative music and culture. Since forming in Chicago in 1988, the group has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and garnered two GRAMMY® Awards, seven MTV VMAs, and an American Music Award. Their catalog includes seminal offerings such as the platinum Gish [1991], the quadruple-platinum Siamese Dream [1993], the diamond-certified Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness [1995], the platinum Adore [1998], and the gold Machina/The Machines of God [2000]. Rolling Stone cited both Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness among its “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” It would also be impossible to envision alternative music and culture without their signature iconography such as the idyllic album artwork for Siamese Dream, the black Zero shirt, the laissez faire bliss of the “1979” music video, the gothic metamorphosis of “Ava Adore,” or the multi-dimensional live shows that sell out worldwide to this day. 2018 saw The Smashing Pumpkins unveil SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN. and launched the immensely successful Shiny and Oh So Bright Tour, which packed arenas. Maintaining this momentum, the band released their eleventh full-length double album, CYR [2020], representing yet another evolution, and more recently, ATUM[2023], the sequel to 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina/Machine of God. The band’s 2024 album, Aghori Mhori Mei, written in the immediate aftermath of ATUM, sees a return to form for original members Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, and James Iha, and harkens back to the band’s early ‘90s canon, where guitars, bass, drums, and spiking vocals ruled.
TAME IMPALA:
Kevin Parker has emerged as one of the most influential voices of the last decade. A singular artist renowned for carving out a distinct sound all of his own, Parker crafts transcendent genre-bending sonic landscapes, playing every instrument and acting as writer, producer, mixer and engineer on his projects. He has been nominated for five GRAMMY awards with two wins. One for his collaboration with Justice on 2024’s “Neverender” and another for his own song “End of Summer.” In his home country of Australia, he’s racked up an impressive 15 ARIA Awards and 32 Nominations. He’s won the BRIT Award for Best International Band and scored nominations for two Billboard Music Awards and an American Music Award. Tame Impala has had numerous US Alternative Radio Top 10 songs including three #1’s for “Dractula”, “Lost In Yesterday” and “Is It True.” Tame Impala’s “The Less I Know The Better” is part of the Billionaires Club with over 2 billion streams and the project has racked up numerous gold and platinum certifications globally. This year he also scored his first ever Billboard Top 10 record with “Dracula (JENNIE Remix)”. The song remains on the charts all over the world.
Tame Impala has headlined festivals and arenas around the world and released five full-length albums - InnerSpeaker, Lonerism, Currents, The Slow Rush and his most recent release Deadbeat. As a writer and producer Parker has collaborated with Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, SZA, Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Mark Ronson, Gorillaz, Thundercat, Kali Uchis, 070 Shake, Rhianna, Miguel, A$AP Rocky and many more.
SUMERIAN RECORDS:
Sumerian Records is an American independent record label based in Nashville, TN. Founded in 2006 by Ash Avildsen, the label has signed or developed acclaimed artists including Bad Omens, Crosses, Poppy, The Smashing Pumpkins, Animals as Leaders, and I See Stars.
Since its inception, Sumerian has sold more than 8 million albums worldwide and generated over 9 billion streams across its catalog. The label's roster has earned multiple RIAA Gold and Platinum certifications, as well as numerous Grammy Award nominations.
Beyond music, Sumerian operates across film and publishing through its sister companies, Sumerian Pictures and Sumerian Comics. Recent projects include the film Turnstile: Never Enough, while Sumerian Comics has collaborated on exclusive titles featuring artists such as Guns N' Roses, Sleep Token, and The Offspring.
Tame Impala PR (JULIAN KLINCEWICZ)
SUMERIAN RECORDS:
