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  • Summary: The ninth full-length studio release for alternative rock band The Afghan Whigs features contributions from the late Mark Lanegan, Van Hunt, Susan Marshall, and Marcy Mays.
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  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
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  1. 80
    How Do You Burn? ups the ante on its two predecessors going deeper in a richly assured display of Dulli and the band’s abilities.
  2. Sep 13, 2022
    80
    How Do You Burn? finds the Whigs in particularly lusty form.
  3. Mojo
    Sep 8, 2022
    80
    How Do You Burn? finds the group on vintage form throughout. [Oct 2022, p.82]
  4. Sep 9, 2022
    80
    Aside from the opening track, How Do You Burn? lacks the raw intensity frequently found on early Afghan Whigs releases. But what it lacks in power, the album makes up for in intricate arrangements, dense compositions drawing upon the band’s unique alchemy of influences, and infectious beats.
  5. 80
    How does it burn? Darkly, but with sparks.
  6. Sep 9, 2022
    78
    How Do You Burn? boasts a mixtape-like eclecticism, communal bonhomie, and psychedelic texture that feel untethered to the Whigs’ past playbooks.
  7. Sep 16, 2022
    60
    How Do You Burn? suggests he needs a fiercer and more energetic team of underlings if he's going to remain a force to be reckoned with.

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  1. Nov 8, 2022
    10
    They sound like noody else even when they sound nothing like themselves. A real feel-good record, opening with the gusto of 'I'll make you seeThey sound like noody else even when they sound nothing like themselves. A real feel-good record, opening with the gusto of 'I'll make you see God' and closing on the hangover of 'In Flames'. Haunted by the ghost of Mark Lanegan, who provides subtle backing vocals on two tracks, and titled by one of his phrases, 'How do you Burn' is arguably the most consistent and fun of Whigs Vsn II. Set to be another lost classic. Expand