Sixteen years after their last proper release, it seems more ludicrous than ever to lump the Afghan Whigs in with any grunge movement, surprising events that have helped define this band’s reunion. Never mind youthful energies — the Afghan Whigs have always pursued the kinds of qualities that needn’t necessarily diminish with age, like a visual flair courted both onstage and off , plus the iconic album covers for Congregation and Gentlemen.
“Do to the Beast“ finds the group still boasting a surplus of panache; witness visual artist Amanda Demme’s wonderful cover photo of what appears to be a shirtless man giving himself a double-fisted cocaine facial. Likewise, lead vocalist Greg Dulli’s dark obsessions and predatory narrators manage to sound as erotically entrancing as he pushes 50 as they did when he was courting 25,
The songs are unstoppable … sixteen years is a long long time to wait, and to release a collection as instantly vital as this takes my breath away. What an album.” I love this video too.
The Fat Angel Sings 