Up in It [PA]

Performer: The Afghan Whigs
Distributor: Alternative Dis. Alliance

Notes: Personnel: Greg Dulli (vocals); Rick McCullom (guitar); John Curley (bass, background vocals); Steve Earle (drums). Engineers: Jack Endino, Wayne Hartman, Paul Mahern. Recorded at Group Effort, Crescent Springs, Kentucky in April and September 1988; Hit City, Indianapolis, Indiana in January 1989; Reciprocal, Seattle, Washington in September 1989 and July 1990. Recording information: Seattle, WA (09/1989). Photographer: Arthur S. Aubry. The Afghan Whigs recorded UP IN IT, their second album, in 1990 on Seattle's soon-to-be influential independent label, Sub Pop. The album was released with two different track listings--one including the song "Now We Can Begin," the other replacing that track with "Hey Cuz" and featuring three songs from the Whigs' debut album, BIG TOP HALLOWEEN. Set to a dense musical backing--led by Rick McCollum's searing guitar--the album is a collection of travelogues through the murky waters of singer Greg Dulli's twisted mind. The standout track is "I Know Your Little Secret," which opens on a plaintive note before using the cracked steps of Dulli's ravaged voice to build itself into an insistent and genuinely threatening piece of rock & roll. While UP IN IT is perhaps not the most cohesive version of Dulli and Co.'s vision, it is a lot more emotionally credible than anything else previously associated with Sub Pop. The record is a clearly marked signpost in the Whigs' simultaneous trips to the bottom of the bottle and to the lowest possible plateau of relations between men and women.

The Afghan Whigs played a brand of smart no-frills rock perfectly suited to benefit from an interest in the underground generated by the grunge bonanza. Led by tortured soul Greg Dulli, the Whigs infused their tough guitar-based sound with elements of country, roots rock, and, later, a 1970s R&B vibe. Since the band's break-up in 2001, Dulli has gone on to captain the heavily soul-influenced ensemble the Twilight Singers.

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