Listen to The Afghan Whigs “Arabian Heights,”
from the forthcoming new album In Spades
Photo credit: Chris Cuffaro
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In Spades available from Sub Pop / Rhythmethod on May 5th
“Arabian Heights” is the driving new track from The Afghan Whigs’ forthcoming album, In Spades, due out May 5th worldwide from Sub Pop and in New Zealand via Rhythmethod. The song exudes the gutbucket exoticism of Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti writ large, driven by drummer Patrick Keeler’s bravura, tribal cadences. Greg Dulli says of Keeler’s contribution, “Rick [Nelson, who engineered the album] got incredible drum sounds, and what Patrick does on that song is a master class in drumming.”
The album, led by the single “Demon In Profile” (watch here) and the aforementioned “Arabian Heights,” alongside standouts “Oriole,” “Copernicus,” and “Toy Automatic,” is the follow-up to the band’s internationally acclaimed Do to the Beast. In Spades, written and produced by Greg Dulli, was recorded in New Orleans, Los Angeles, Memphis and Joshua Tree.
Q Magazine raved about the album in their new issue saying “Demonic pain experienced in the midnight hours suits both him (Dulli) and his band. No wonder then that this matches some of their best work.” (4 Stars)
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