The Whigs -- New Album March 16th

Name the greatest band to ever hail from Athens, Georgia. Ok, ok — maybe it is REM, but who is second?

If you live in an American city with more than twenty thousand people in it, whether you know it or not, you have probably had an opportunity to see The Whigs. If you missed them, shame on you. The Whigs are everything you would expect from a band hailing from one of the South’s greatest music cities. The Athens, Georgia trio has toured long and hard for the last couple of years — and continue to do so, and their work ethic is about to pay off big with the release their third album, In The Dark, due out March 16th.

Bold, brash and confident, The Whigs play the kind of music you hope to find at your local dingy, loud, gray cement-floored club. Although they sound nothing like Westerberg’s Replacements, they are constantly compared, probably because they convey the same energy, yet seem incredibly accessible, relevant and down-to-earth. Although their live shows are energetic, their albums don’t disappoint either. Their first two, 2005’s Give ‘Em All a Big Fat Lip and 2008’s Mission Control are the kind of albums you look back on ten years later as a chronicle of where you were when you first heard them. They are the crown jewels of your future musical biography.

If the free downloads of their first two new songs are any indicator, The Whig’s third album In The Dark holds incredible promise. In the meantime, look for them showing up to a town near you.

Check out the free downloads here and their video of “Right Hand On My Heart” here.

-dane
As posted for Noisecake.com