â€œDivination/Cleromancy/Comes the card that I refused to seeâ€ â€“ The Afghan Whigs, â€œOrioleâ€ â€œCleromancyâ€ isnâ€™t a word one normally finds in rock

In Spades
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â€œDivination/Cleromancy/Comes the card that I refused to seeâ€ â€“ The Afghan Whigs, â€œOrioleâ€ â€œCleromancyâ€ isnâ€™t a word one normally finds in rock lyrics. Then again, In Spades â€“ the forthcoming album by The Afghan Whigs, from which the new song â€œOrioleâ€ hails â€“ is defined only by its own mystical inner logic. The term means to divine, in a supernatural manner, a prediction of destiny from the random casting of lots: the throwing of dice, picking a card from a deck. From its evocative cover art to the troubled spirits haunting its halls, In Spades casts a spell that challenges the listener to unpack its dark metaphors and spectral imagery. On the one hand, In Spades is as quintessentially Afghan Whigs as anything the group has ever done â€“ fulfilling its original mandate to explore the missing link between howling Midwestern punk like Die Kreuzen and HÃ¼sker DÃ¼, The Temptationsâ€™ psychedelic soul symphonies, and the expansive hard-rock tapestries of Led Zeppelin and Lynyrd Skynyrd. At the same time, this new record continues to push beyond anything in the Whigsâ€™ previous repertoire â€“ another trademark, along with the explosive group dynamic captured on the recording. Indeed, the chemistry of the lineup â€“ Dulli, guitarists Dave Rosser and Jon Skibic, drummer Patrick Keeler, multi-instrumentalist Rick Nelson, and Whigs co-founder/bassist John Curley â€“ set the tone for In Spadesâ€™ creation. When it came to follow up the bandâ€™s triumphant return to recording â€“ Do To the Beast (Sub Pop 2014), which was the bandâ€™s first ever Top 40 album, â€“ the die was cast. â€œThis is the first time since Black Love [the Whigsâ€™ 1996 noir masterpiece] that weâ€™ve done a full-blown band album,â€ Dulli says. The joys, sorrows, and upheavals of innocence and experience echo throughout In Spades: it powerfully documents where The Afghan Whigs have been, and where they might go next. For Dulli and Curley, itâ€™s a journey that, since their origins as one of the first Sub Pop acts to be signed from outside the labelâ€™s Pacific Northwest base, has spanned decades. Dulli notes they were barely in their twenties when they first started the band, and yet here they are, fulfilling dreams long held and frequently realized. â€œHaving a break from the Whigs helped me remember what made it so rewarding,â€ Curley says. â€œOver the course of a lifetime, there are constants, and thereâ€™s also change. You see whoâ€™s dropped off the vine â€“ whoâ€™s going in reverse, and whoâ€™s still by your side. Itâ€™s interesting to see where life takes you, and where it doesnâ€™t. Thatâ€™s the journey and it hasnâ€™t stopped.â€ In Spades was recorded at Rick Nelsonâ€™s studio Marigny Sound in New Orleans, LA.
Country USA
Brand Sub Pop
Manufacturer Sub Pop Records
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber EVP-098787115024
ReleaseDate 2017-05-05
UnitCount 1
UPCs 098787115024
EANs 0098787115024

Country	USA
Brand	Sub Pop
Manufacturer	Sub Pop Records
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	EVP-098787115024
ReleaseDate	2017-05-05
UnitCount	1
UPCs	098787115024
EANs	0098787115024

In Spades

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