Stream The Afghan Whigs’ New Track “Arabian Heights”

By: Staff –

The Afghan Whigs. (Photo: Chris Cuffaro)

“Arabian Heights” is the driving new track from The Afghan Whigs’ forthcoming album, In Spades, due out May 5th via Sub Pop. The song exudes the gutbucket exoticism of Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti writ large, driven by drummer Patrick Keeler’s bravura, tribal cadences. Stream it below.

Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli says of Keeler’s contribution, “Rick [Nelson], who engineered the album got incredible drum sounds, and what Patrick does on that song is a master class in drumming.”

In Spades is now available for pre-order on CD / 180 gram-LP / CS / DL from Sub Pop.

LP pre-orders of In Spades will receive the “Loser” edition on 180-gram, white-chocolate vinyl (while supplies last). A new T-shirt design, along with cassette versions of The Afghan Whigs’ classic Sub Pop albums Up In It and Congregation, are now also available.

The Afghan Whigs Tour Schedule
May 23 – Harlem, NY – The Apollo Theater [Sold Out]
May 26 – Manchester, UK – Cathedral
May 27 – Glasgow, UK – ABC
May 28 – Dublin, IE – Academy
May 30 – London, UK – Koko
Jun. 01 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound Festival
Jun. 03 – Bologna, IT – Zona Roveri
Jun. 04 – Zagreb, HR – Tvornica Kulture
Jun. 06 – Warsaw, PL – Palladium
Jun. 07 – Berlin, DE – Kesselhaus
Jun. 09 – Aarhus, DK – Northside Festival
Jun.10 – Oslo, NO – Vulkan
Jun.12 – Hamburg, DE – Gruenspan
Jun.13 – Frankfurt, DE – Batschkapp
Jun.14 – Antwerp, BE – Trix [Sold Out]
Jun.15 – Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique [Sold Out]
Aug. 04 – Vienna, AT – WUK
Aug. 05 – Prague, CZ – Lucerna Music Bar
Aug. 06 – Zurich, CH – Mascotte
Aug. 08 – Munich, DE – Backstage Halle
Aug. 09 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
Aug. 10-12 – Gothenburg, SE – Way Out West Festival
Aug. 13 – Helsinki, FL – Flow Festival