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VIDEO: Soundgarden – Been Away For Too Long

• 9th Nov 2012

Seattle’s Soundgarden will release ’King Animal’ on November 12th 2012, the band’s first new studio album in over 15 years. ’King Animal’ will be released on Vertigo Records, an imprint of the UK’s Mercury Music Group, home to Metallica, Black Sabbath and The Killers. The album’s first single, ‘Been Away Too Long’ will be available via digital retailers on September 27th. The band co-produced their sixth studio album with longtime Soundgarden friend and producer Adam Kasper (Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Pearl Jam) and recorded at Studio X in Seattle. ’King Animal’ was mixed by Joe Barresi (The Melvins, Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer) in Pasadena, California.

When asked what he remembers of the first time they played Shepherd’s Bush Empire 18 years ago, band member Ben Shepherd said:
“I usually judge crowds by how bad they smelt, the wilder they were the more I liked them.. but the crowd didn’t smell like anything there because all they smelt like was new paint…the paint was still drying, they were still finishing it when we turned up for soundcheck.”

“We’ve reestablished ourselves to be able to do that (make more records) if we want.” says Shepherd “Like yeah we can go make another record. It’s truly for the art of the music and the brotherhood of the band you know, it’s really cool.”