Blackberry Belle

Greg Dulli of Afghan Whigs fame returns with a full-length following his hot-selling CD EP, "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair." "Blackberry Belle" is both a throwback to Dulli’s Whigs roots and an extension of his sonic advances on the Twilight Singers’ debut. The Whigs’ moody, eclectic noise rock is well represented (“Martin Eden,” “Esta Noche”) as is Dulli’s subtler Twilight shades of ambient throb pop (“The Killer,” “Decatur St.”). The treat here is the manner in which Dulli stitches the two sonic worlds together, evidenced on the cleverly titled “Teenage Wristband,” where the song’s delicate piano riff plays cat and mouse with sheets of careening rock splendor.