This year’s Record Store Day ambassador Brandi Carlile has teamed up with remaining Soungarden members Matt Cameron, Ben Sheperd and Kim Thayil to re-record new versions of “Black Hole Sun” and “Searching with My Good Eye Closed”.

The tribute to Soundgarden will be released on September 26, the second of three Record Store Day events. Due to COVID-19, the annual event has been spread across three dates to ensure proper social distancing.

In addition to working with Cameron, Sheperd and Thayil, Carlile recorded the songs with her long time collaborators, twins Phil and Tim Hanseroth. The songs were recorded at Seattle’s London Bridge Studio, an iconic space that hosted both Soundgarden and Carlile in their early years.

As Record Store Day 2020 ambassador, Carlile released a statement calling Soungarden “gods”.

“The twins and I met in the late 90’s in a famous Seattle studio called London Bridge… Soundgarden were just gods to us back then. Total pioneers and unreachable to us in every way. We went about making our demos and cleaning the studio when we couldn’t afford the bill never knowing that in November of 2019 we would go back to London Bridge and RECORD TWO SONGS WITH THEM!! [Chris Cornell] was as great as a human singer can get and now he’s an angel. Thank you Kim, Ben, and Matt. I’ll never forget this day for as long as I live.”

Carlile also shared some photos and a snippet of Thayil shredding a guitar in the studio.

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The twins and I met in the late 90’s in a famous Seattle studio called London Bridge. The guy in the picture with me is Rick Parasher (RIP) and he introduced us. Soundgarden were just gods to us back then. Total pioneers and unreachable to us in every way. We went about making our demos and cleaning the studio when we couldn’t afford the bill never knowing that in November of 2019 we would go back to London Bridge and RECORD TWO SONGS WITH THEM!! @chriscornellofficial was as great as a human singer can get and now he’s an angel. Thank you Kim, Ben, and Matt. I’ll never forget this day for as long as I live…. stay tuned!! @soundgarden @themattcameron #kimthayil #benshepherd @londonbridgestudio

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Get event dates and the official Record Store Day list including SONiC artists Billie Eilish, Gorillaz, The Black Keys and more here.