The Afghan Whigs return with Soft Control, their tenth

The Afghan Whigs released Soft Control on Friday. It’s the band’s tenth studio album and their first new music since How Do You Burn? in 2022.

Four years is the longest gap since Greg Dulli restarted the band in 2012, and early press pegs the record as the usual engine with more patience: the ’90s alternative muscle intact, less hurry in it.

No tour dates yet. A score lands here once we’ve lived with it; the review queue is what it is.