Greg Dulli
Random Desire
Release Date: Feb 21, 2020
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Record label: BMG
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Album Review: Random Desire by Greg Dulli
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 7.3/10
Greg Dulli closes his first official solo album with a richly atmospheric, slowly unfurling ballad called "Slow Pan"--a fitting move for an artist who approaches rock'n'roll with the methodical gaze of a cinematographer. Over the past 30 years, the ensembles Dulli has fronted have assumed different names--first, the Afghan Whigs, then The Twilight Singers, and then back to the Whigs-- but his widescreen sensibility has never wavered. Usually, the term "cinematic" is reserved for instrumental music suggesting grandeur and gravitas, but Dulli prefers to drop you into the thick of the action.
Based on rating 7/10
After 30 years, eight Afghan Whigs records and five more from Twilight Singers, it's odd to think that Greg Dulli is just now releasing his solo debut. It was worth the wait. Haunting, desolate and broody from the very first bars, Random Desire is a ten-song joyride through the darkest depths of Dulli's mind — told with the poetic poignancy only he can muster. It tackles the same themes the Whigs frontman has based his career on, yet somehow it doesn't feel tired. Rather, it channels ….
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