New Afghan Whigs Song

The new Afghan Whigs' song I'm a Soldier is on their Myspace site. It sounds really good for a song they threw together in less than a week. The vocals of Greg Dulli and Susan Marshall (taking a break from touring with Cat Power) sound great.

Where the song is weak is lyrically. Dulli said the video to the song is going to be controversial. Obviously, the song is meant as a statement to the Iraq war. The lyrics just aren't very strong. Dulli usually spends months reworking the words of songs. He wrote this on hiatus from the Twilight Singers tour. The Whigs wanted to put two new songs on Unbreakable. The album is a greatest hits package.

I was hoping for a box set of rarities. The Whigs are nortoriously stingy with their recording output. They have refused to rerelease their first album Big Top Halloween. I want their metal cover of How Soon Is Now and the original demo version of My Curse on a box set. The latter was originally recorded in 1989 and called Ciaphas.

Afghan Whigs - My Curse demo (aka Ciaphas) mp3

Update: Spin has an interview with Dulli about the song I'm A Soldier.