Search And Destroy: Afghan Whigs

I only spotted merch for the openers at the show I was at :(

presumably they only run 500 max, at quick-dupe places: I saw them late last year and they only had one of the seven that buyers have catalogued here (three new releases added this week): https://www.discogs.com/artist/89572-The-Afghan-Whigs

I was expecting a new Whigs album tba soonish but I guess we'll have to settle for...the first-ever proper Dulli solo record? Out in feb

https://youtu.be/qRmop7fxrgs

oh man that song sounds great

who's in the band? is it all dulli?!!??!

it's so bouncy!

it's pretty much all Dulli apparently

I suppose there was Amber Headlights, but I guess an album previously shelved then released isn’t exactly the same (think AH was originally a Twilight Singers album)

it's pretty much all Dulli apparently
this warms my heart, greggers steppin' out by himself
and he sounds happy!

yes, Amber Headlights was an unfinished Twilight album abandoned when Ted Demme died.

I suppose there was Amber Headlights, but I guess an album previously shelved then released isn’t exactly the same (think AH was originally a Twilight Singers album)

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it ended up turning into blackberry belle, "follow you down" aka "cigarettes" being the only holdover iirc

glad he's still got it, this rules

was waiting for a soaring post-chorus / bridge bit that never arrived, pleased to have my expectations defied by this cool lean tune (although he does do a great soaring middle eight/whatever you call it)

can't do it every time or it won't feel special! :)

First track was the appetizer, this one's the meal

https://youtu.be/XEOKt6kyFN4

jeez... shaping up to be even better than in spades

which i listened to the other day and is still a very great record

the guitar in this new song is so "rhiannon"

goodbye motherfucker

the guitar in this new song is so "rhiannon"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yw6apMYRXo

many songwriters slacken as they age but Dulli's recent songs (incl the last Whigs record) are so lean and precise, not an ounce of fat on 'em

otm

i still can't get over what a good song "oriole" is and its replayability is largely due to how little it repeats itself and how cinematic it comes across anyway

Lots of interesting musical plugs in this longish interview

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/greg-dulli-talks-solo-album-random-desire-and-its-influences-in-bv-interview/

Great piece, made me google a bunch of stuff.

Jaimie Branch! Dulli is one of the musicians I’d most like to sit around and listen to records with. :)

Love the love for Doves, it never occurred to me but I see why they would gel with him.

Knowing Dulli digs Doves makes the universe feel a better place.

on first listen this is sounding great, "sempre" and "the tide" are absolutely classic dulli

"scorpio"! "lockless"! "black moon"! oh "slow pan" is really beautiful. yeah this rules. i'm glad between this and in spades dulli seems to have settled into a really solid groove. happy to call this one his best since blackberry belle

"Scorpio" is so fucking good. In general I slightly miss the more muscular sound on the Whigs records, but good on him for playing almost everything himself and really going for it

"lockless" is a great van morrison song

god this album is AWESOME. best since blackberry belle for sure except in spades is nearly as good too

yeah it's just slightly better than in spades

can't rock w. "better than In Spades" just yet but my god he's got to be one of the most consistently awesome and sneakily flexible singer-songwriters of the last few decades

First listen and this is really fucking good. 'Sempre' and 'Lockless' my early highlights and it might just be that recent Brooklyn Vegan interview but I can really hear a Doves thing - particularly in 'Sempre'. Damn I wish Slow Pan would've mutated into something like 'Faded'.

only one 'purple rain' rip/homage per career

I like this tons, but the lower timbre of his voice seems to have changed. Not necessarily for the worse, just different.

started checking out in spades after catching up on the new album and......it rules. every song from oriole on is this incredible mini-epic. it's like he closes the album 6 times. i wasn't a big fan of do the beast which is why i ignored in spades but i probably need to reassess that one too.

do to the beast is fine with a few real highlights like "lost in the woods" and "the lottery", though in spades is definitely a step up. at the time i was a little disappointed in it as an afghan whigs reunion album since it felt a little more removed from their classic sound than i expected, but i've come around.

skimming through it now how did i forget about "can rova", it's beautiful

My old friend/old school Whigs fan and I both watched the solo Dulli concert (recording 👎🏻) and were actually satisfied to very satisfied w our experience. Anyone else watch it?? I loooooooved hearing his songs basically in demo form. It made me more interested in the new album too.

thinking about running an afghan whigs/greg dulli poll (since there's another lull in the poll no one else is filling) starting next week, there'd be interest for it right?

i figure there's no reason not to include twilight singers, gutter twins, dulli solo in the main poll since with the whigs reunion albums the distinction between all of dulli's projects has become very little. poll categories would be tracks, albums, and covers?

yes!

I would partake

oh yeah i already have a ballot in my head

heck yeah

I'd come up with a ballot for this.

i'll go ahead with it next week then

i'm in

taking terrible pun thread title suggestions in the meantime