Release date: November 13
Tracklist:
01. Been Away Too Long
02. Non-State Actor
03. By Crooked Steps
04. A Thousand Days Before
05. Blood on the Valley Floor
06. Bones of Birds
07. Taree
08. Attrition
09. Black Saturday
10. Halfway There
11. Worse Dreams
12. Eyelid’s Mouth
13. Rowing
My favorite tune: By Crooked Steps
It has been sixteen years. Yes, you’ve been away too long, guys. The first two songs in the playlist are certainly surprising. What’s with this softer guitar and drums sound? But, ah, at least Soundgarden comes back to their senses, in ‘By Crooked Steps’ and that signature high notes-low notes Cornell vocals in ‘Blood On The Valley Floor’, for a while. After that, far, far, too many down tempo songs. So this is the ‘Elderly Soundgarden’ sounds like? Isn’t it, especially in ‘Black Saturday’, ‘Halfway There’, and ‘Worse Dreams’, just a bit too similar to…Pearl Jam?
My Rating: 6/10
