{"id":516965,"date":"2026-06-03T19:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/516965\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T19:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:09:14","slug":"the-afghan-whigs-take-soft-control-on-new-album-and-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/516965\/","title":{"rendered":"The Afghan Whigs Take Soft Control on New Album and Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greg Dulli\u2019s long-running rock group the Afghan Whigs<\/a> are back with their first LP in four years. In addition to plotting a fall tour, the band has announced a new album, Soft Control, which arrives August 21 via Royal Cream\/BMG<\/a>. Listen to the lead single \u201cJungle Roux\u201d below.<\/p>\n

Soft Control is the Afghan Whigs\u2019 10th studio album overall, following How Do You Burn?<\/a>. It was recorded across multiple sessions in four different locations: Fireside Sound in Joshua Tree, Marigny Studios in New Orleans, Gold Diggers Sound in East Hollywood, and Sycamore in Cincinnati. All told, the Afghan Whigs recorded 22 songs for the record before winnowing the tracklist down to 10 \u2013 including \u201cHouse of I<\/a>\u201d from March.<\/p>\n

The band took the album\u2019s title from a David Bowie quote, in which the late musician described aging as a gradual process during which you become the person you were meant to be. Dulli explains how that sentiment gifted him additional confidence, writing: \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Afghan Whigs will head to Europe and North America for their tour this fall. They\u2019re joined on the first leg by British singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt, while the Minneapolis-based psych-rock band Night Moves tags along for the North American leg. Those shows last from mid-September on through to late November. Check out their full list of tour dates after the jump.<\/p>\n

Read about the Afghan Whigs\u2019 1992 record Congregation in The 25 Best Grunge Albums of the \u201990s<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Soft Control:<\/strong>
01 Jungle Roux
02 House of I
03 Duvateen
04 My Lover
05 The Deepest Part of the Darkest Shadow
06 Mariah Luster
07 Memphis, Texas
08 77
09 Loose Talk
10 A Simulation<\/p>\n

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The Afghan Whigs: Soft Control<\/p>\n

The Afghan Whigs:
07-10 Brugge, Belgium – Cactus Festival #
09-19 Leeds, England – Stylus #
09-20 Nottingham, England – The Palais #
09-22 Glasgow, Scotland – SWG3 Galvanizers #
09-23 Manchester, England – O2 Ritz #
09-24 London, England – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire #
09-26 Brighton, England – Chalk #
09-27 Paris, France – Trabendo #
09-28 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso #
09-30 Cologne, Germany – Luxor #
10-01 Liege, Belgium – OM #
10-03 Eindhoven, Netherlands – Come as You Are 2026 #
10-04 Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma #
10-05 Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique #
11-04 Orlando, FL – Beacham Theater @
11-05 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse @
11-07 Carrboro, NC – Cat\u2019s Cradle @
11-08 Baltimore, MD – BaltimoreSoundStage @
11-10 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw @
11-11 Toronto, Ontario – The Concert Hall @
11-13 Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue @
11-14 Chicago, IL – The Metro @
11-15 St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall @
11-19 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues @
11-20 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater @
11-21 Austin, TX – Scoot Inn @<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greg Dulli\u2019s long-running rock group the Afghan Whigs are back with their first LP in four years. In…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[1735,18,117,19,17,337,340,6905],"class_list":["post-516965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-audio","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-new-releases","tag-tours"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116687756805425836","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}