Search And Destroy: Afghan Whigs

I approve. I want to say that is better than anything on the comeback record, which I can't remember.

The last two times I saw the Afghan Whigs - in 1997, maybe, and in 2012, maybe - they were so good I felt if I never saw another show it would be fine with me.

the 2012 show i saw is 100 percent the best concert i've ever seen

yep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx99Kecmuy8

OK, listening to "Do to the Beast" now and, yeah, weird, it's like I've never heard it before. I even thought it was called "Do the Beast." But it sounds pretty good! My bad.

"lost in the woods" is one of the best whigs songs ever so i like the last record. kinda falls apart in the second side though

And xpost Seriously, so glad there are clips of the one I saw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THAKskSp6mQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkvXhXdFRDc

really nice to see that Into the Floor is going to be on this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OFf8p4ByaY

the highlights from the last one were easily Lost in the Woods and The Lottery (as weird as Mark McGuire's presence there is)

psyched about this! new song sounds good -- who's that little guy in the video?

har mar superstar

oh wow, i remember that guy. i didn't realize that was him!
whigs are such a familiar indulgent pleasure, can't wait til they tour again!!

I'm away from my tapings hd now, but I believe clips above are a show I taped and put up on dime. La Lechera - do ya recall if that's the Metro show I gave ya a copy of on disc a coupla years ago? Really looking forward to the new one, esp. if it's as '1965'y as mentioned above.

looking forward to this but i have to admit that 'do to the beast' made zero impression on me

YES, I'm not sure if that clip was from the same night (they played 2 nights right?) but I can't listen to that song without being on the verge of having a stroke so my judgement may be cloudy.
There's probably no rock band I would rather be in than the Whigs, if I could play those songs and not pass out.

I don't remember "Do the Beast" at all either :-/

they do go through drummers!

I'm age-appropriate too!!

New album is strong, with one or two clear highlights.

that's good to hear! can't wait

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99xg4DtM-V8

another good new song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9U8jseaqxU

great, creepy song, video nsfw

like extremely nsfw

since i am at w can you tell me why it's nsfw? just curious.

every time i flipped back to it in my tabs there were breasts

Disappointing :(

(I say that as a Whigs fan with breasts)

i mean as far as i can tell it's an argento-y occult lesbian thing, which i'm here for

I mean it's fine, I've got no prob w boobs being exposed
Go for it I guess

http://www.stereogum.com/1938212/stream-the-afghan-whigs-in-spades/music/album-stream/

def dulli's weirdest opening track ever

i'm definitely enjoying this a lot more than the last one overall, even if nothing's quite as good as Lost in the Woods

yeah i think it's way more consistent than do to the beast (which imo falls apart during side two)

"light as a feather" is fucking amazing

yup this is really good, nice tidy runtime too

prob his best album since blackberry belle, i'm calling it

yeah, light as a feather feels straight out of black love. i wish that the classic dulli soaring bit in the middle was actually the chorus and showed up more than once like it feels like it should though

tbh a lot of these songs have parts that could work as traditional choruses but dulli just kinda lets them happen once and then the song is over. interesting approach

the only thing that's really lacking in terms of Classic Dulli Flavor is that the lyrics haven't really been jumping out at me at all

"so far inside you now / i am your silhouette" from "demon in profile" is one of my fav dulli lyrics of all time at the moment

Listening again, I think "Light as a Feather" must be one of the clear highlights I referenced a few weeks back.

"copernicus" has an amazing chorus/bridge/outro whatever it is

Glad to hear he's still blasting full perv in his lyrics

Kind of? Sometimes it's embarrassing.

i'll love it forever

goddamn this really is great, every song (except for the opener which is wonderful in its own way) is so densely packed with incident

Via FB:

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our friend, brother and inspiration.

Dave Rosser passed away peacefully last evening surrounded by love. Thank you to all who kept him in their hearts. He is forever in ours.

More details here:

http://pitchfork.com/news/the-afghan-whigs-dave-rosser-dead-at-50/

Damn that's awful. The guitarwork on both the recent albums is splendid. And the new one has only grown on me, to the extent that it's a Top 10 contender

"Light as a Feather" / "I Got Lost" / "Into the Floor" is the best closing run of any album this year imho

it was def the best part of seeing them play the whole album live a few weeks ago

"i got lost" is so crushing

arggh I'm so jealous

I totally forgot that Afghan Whigs released an album this year!

Going to do something about that right now.