It’s not often that I’ll be aware enough of what’s going on in my head well into the day that I can identify what’s playing on the internal soundtrack.

But today, as I was playing barista and making myself a mid-day latte, the intensity of the Afghan Whigs just wouldn’t let go.

1965 was the last album the band would record, and gives up the soul that was always behind the band’s indie-rock music, the Motown sound that they dabbled in with their previous release, Black Love.

The Afghan Whigs are one of my favourite bands of all time; I’m surprised that they don’t show up on the internal soundtrack more often, and I’m a bit disappointed in myself that I had to dig this morning to identify the particular song. I used to know them all without having to check.

EDIT

Rhino Records is releasing a retrospective of the Afghan Whigs.

Here’s the release from Rhino.