{"id":2443429,"date":"2026-06-03T17:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2443429"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:37:01","slug":"the-afghan-whigs-announce-new-album-soft-control-hear-jungle-roux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-afghan-whigs-announce-new-album-soft-control-hear-jungle-roux\/","title":{"rendered":"The Afghan Whigs Announce New Album &#8216;Soft Control&#8217;: Hear &#8220;Jungle Roux&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In recent months, the Afghan Whigs have been slinking back into the frame. March saw the release of &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2492795\/the-afghan-whigs-house-of-i\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Of I<\/a>,&#8221; the Cincy-founded rock legends&#8217; first new original song in four years. In April, they followed that up with another new track, &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2496877\/the-afghan-whigs-duvateen\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Duvateen<\/a>,&#8221; just before heading out on their 40th anniversary tour. Now comes a third song along with news that these tunes are part of <em>Soft Control<\/em>, the Whigs&#8217; follow-up to 2022&#8217;s <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2197560\/greg-dulli-afghan-whigs-career-spanning\/interviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Do You Burn?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<aside>\n<h3 class=\"RelatedPost_heading__gPy_1\">Recommended<\/h3>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The new LP is coming in August, and it leads off with &#8220;Jungle Roux,&#8221; the song out today. The Whigs recorded it in several locales \u2014 Fireside Sound in Joshua Tree, Marigny Studios in New Orleans, Gold Diggers Sound in East Hollywood, and Sycamore in Cincinnati \u2014 reportedly tracking 22 songs and discarding some true heaters because they didn&#8217;t fit within the reportedly &#8220;taut&#8221; 37-minute sequence. So I guess maybe that means they&#8217;ve got an <em>Amnesiac<\/em> on deck? Or a bunch of fantastic B-sides? Guests on the album include former Whigs drummer Patrick Keeler, Petra Haden, My Morning Jacket&#8217;s Bo Koster, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Frontman Greg Dulli offered this statement on the album:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>I&#8217;ve worked hard on my inner peace. I was an angry young man, and it fueled my art, ambition and my drive. I wouldn\u2019t change anything because I can\u2019t. But as I got into photography and other art forms, I realized that I\u2019m not in competition with anyone \u2013 including myself. Now, I know what I\u2019m doing and there\u2019s a quiet confidence that comes with being able to back it up.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"\/><p><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hear &#8220;Jungle Roux&#8221; below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Afghan Whigs - Jungle Roux (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/55Err1-C8rI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>TRACKLIST:<br \/>01 &#8220;Jungle Roux&#8221;<br \/>02 &#8220;House Of I&#8221;<br \/>03 &#8220;Duvateen&#8221;<br \/>04 &#8220;My Lover&#8221;<br \/>05 &#8220;The Deepest Part Of The Darkest Shadow&#8221;<br \/>06 &#8220;Mariah Luster&#8221;<br \/>07 &#8220;Memphis, Texas&#8221;<br \/>08 &#8220;77&#8221;<br \/>09 &#8220;Loose Talk&#8221;<br \/>10 &#8220;A Simulation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Soft Control<\/em> is out 8\/21 on Royal Cream\/BMG. Pre-order it <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theafghanwhigs.lnk.to\/SoftControl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source stereogum.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent months, the Afghan Whigs have been slinking back into the frame. March saw the release of &#8220;House Of I,&#8221; the Cincy-founded rock legends&#8217; first new original song in four years. In April, they followed that up with another new track, &#8220;Duvateen,&#8221; just before heading out on their 40th anniversary tour. 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