Soundgarden announce first album in 16 years
17 September 2012, 17:00
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
Soundgarden have announced the release of a new album, their first record in 16 years.
King Animal drops 13 November and is the follow-up to Down on the Upside.
Before then, however, they release the rather apt new single ‘Been Away Too Long’ on 27 September.
The tracklist is as below, with an album trailer available to stream beneath that:
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
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