OK, so is anyone else as equally stoked to see some new material from grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN?!
“We got together and jammed—we just let the music dictate to us before committing to or planning anything. If it still wasn’t there, I can honestly say this album wouldn’t have happened. It is still there and I’m just happy to be back playing music with friends that I enjoy the intimate sharing of ideas with.” -Thayil
November 13th, 2012 seems to be the date set (somewhat) in stone for the 6th full album release via Universal Republic Records. Now since this is all still quite fresh for the online world, this article will be updates once new information comes in (singles, music videos, etc).
"We were never the party band, or even a particularly social band. We were always really just hard workers and a kind of musician’s band." -Kim Thayil
For now...
Track Listing:
1. Been Away Too Long
2. Non-State Actor
3. By Crooked Steps
4. A Thousand Days Before
5. Blood On The Valley Floor
6. Bones of Birds
7. Taree
8. Attrition
9. Black Saturday
10. Halfway There
11. Worse Dreams
12. Eyelid’s Mouth
13. Rowing
Pre-orders are starting to happen over at Amazon.
"A lot of times bands re-form, and people have changed in ways that might be negative, and you're just fighting to be able to play the music with some degree of efficiency. We're not that." - Chris Cornell
"We're not going electronic, there's no loops, no computers, none of that kind of stuff. It's still humans playing instruments; just it's more mature humans." -Matt Cameron
And HOLY SHIT! The single is here folks, titled "Been Away Too Long", as well as a brand new lyric video for the track "Non-State Actor":
"It re-establishes that we still rock, we're still heavy, and we're still a little weird." -Kim Thayil
Now for some new news to add to the feed. Soundgarden have announced another single for release (track #3, "By Crooked Steps"). So far, no sign of it hitting the online world, but Cameron and Cornell had the chance to sit down and share some thoughts on both "By Crooked Steps" and "Been Away Too long", which you can check out below:
In the last 30 seconds of “By Crooked Steps,” the solo guitar wanders into a tonal frontier that sounds a little like Tom Morello with his DigiTech Whammy. How did you get that trippy, atmospheric effect?
"I’m using the Trini Lopez. It has a lot of room to play the strings behind the bridge, and when you do that while bending notes on the fretboard you get this really weird effect. If I pick a note and rub the strings with my thumb or the side of my hand, I get this ringing, buzzing sub-harmonic. What you hear at the end of the song is me rubbing the strings to get the ringing effect, adding a long delay, and then cranking the high end on my amp to push it to a real shrill squeal—like a dentist drill—on top of me picking some intermittent notes." -Kim Thayil (interview with Premier Guitar)
"It's the stress that I feel about not wanting them to have to go through those things, but obviously knowing it's gonna happen." -Cornell
"The music has had a certain quality that people like just because it's a real true expression of how we are as musicians." -Matt Cameron
And only to add more to this article, Soundgarden dropped their debut music video for the hit single "Been Away Too Long" along with their freshly announced tour dates for 2013:
January:
18 - Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall
19 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
20 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
22 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
23 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
25 - Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
26 - Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
27 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore
29 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater
30 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater
February:
1 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
2 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
6 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
7 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater
8 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater
10 - Vancouver, BC - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
12 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre
13 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre
15 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
16 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
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