Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayill has sent a great many rock fans into high-hopes mode with the news that the band will start work on their seventh album in the coming weeks.
The follow-up to 2012’s reunion album King Animal is expected next year, though that’s still a rough calendar outline, as no details – or even a studio location – have been set.
Thayill told the Sydney Morning Herald: “No studio has been chosen and no songs are written yet. We’ll spend a month or more working on it – it’s definitely going to happen.”
He adds that he “wouldn’t be surprised” if the band reunite with producer Adam Kasper, who aided them in helming King Animal.
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The band has a storied history of internal tension, though Kim seems undaunted by the standard rock n’ roll drama of the past. “As time goes by you realise the people you made music with are hard to replace,” he said. “We have a very natural working relationship both as musicians and friends. Every time I pick up a guitar to play a part, these guys are part of the process and it feels exactly right and the way we should be doing it.”
Discussing their approach to songwriting, Thayill says: “Soundgarden has always written its own rules. We aren’t a meta-rock band that write rock songs about rock. We do our own thing – and that’s what works for us.
“We don’t write radio hits. You can’t dance to our songs. And that’s why we are Soundgarden.”
