The Whigs evolved out of Greg Dulli's former band the Black Republicans, with the goal being that the music should be a meeting place between the Temptations, the Band, and Neil Young playing with Crazy Horse. I would say that the latter 2 influences are much more to the forefront than the former, though "Faded" has hints of soul, and "I keep coming back" has a nice soul vibe to it too. It's followed by an emotive instrumental backed with synthesized strings.
Much of the rest of the album though falls into that vibe of 90s alt-rock, a mix of yelling rock vocals and a gentle gravelly croon. The music is rock but mixes funk, and shoegazey textures into its guitar cauldron.
I enjoyed it well enough, and do like Dulli's work with Mark Langean under the moniker the Gutter Twins.
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