X's Cigarettes After Sex

• 1X's03:03
• 2Tejano Blue03:54
• 3Silver Sable03:51
• 4Hideaway04:36
• 5Holding you, Holding me03:30
• 6Dark Vacay03:33
• 7Baby Blue Movie04:04
• 8Hot03:57
• 9Dreams From Bunker Hill03:39
• 10Ambien Slide03:33
• Total Runtime37:40

Info for X's

With X’s, Cigarettes After Sex finally takes center stage as not just one of today’s preeminent indie bands, but as one of the most globally accomplished acts across any genre, whose often unconventional path to superstardom has helped reshape the very definition of success for artists in the modern era.

Filled with raw, imagistic, sometimes smutty vignettes set to entrancing, slowburn pop songs, bandleader Greg Gonzalez captures every emotion a romantic arc inspires. But where previous albums have drawn from an amalgam of relationships, for the most part, X’s centralizes on just one relationship that spanned four years. “The record feels brutal,” admits Gonzalez. “I could sit and talk about this loss to someone, but that wouldn’t scratch the surface. I have to really write about it, sing about it, have the music, and then I can start to analyze and learn from it. Or just relive it—in a good way. I don’t have that Eternal Sunshine-thing of wanting to forget.”

While continuing to observe classic pop song structures, Gonzalez has moved away from the prior sonic touchstones of the ‘50s and ‘60s, finding himself now drawn to a ‘70s/’80s slow dance. While (in typical Cigarettes style) these changes may be subtle, the overall resulting energy is akin to disco ball-refracted tears on the dance floor.

Cigarettes After Sex

Cigarettes After Sex
With their immaculately written songs, velvet vocals and perfect production they are fast becoming the next thing. Their name has spread through an online word of mouth campaign that has seen them go viral. Their debut single Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby has been viewed over 31 million times while Affection has received a further 14 million.

The band was started by songwriter Greg Gonzalez in El Paso, Texas, during 2008 and has built their reputation through the millions of hits they’ve received through YouTube earning them worldwide recognition.

Multi-instrumentalist Gonzalez takes lead vocals and plays electric or acoustic guitars and occasionally bass. He is joined by drummer Jake Tomsky, Phillip Tubbs on electric guitars and keys plus bassist Randy Miller.

In 2012 they released their EP titled 1 which was recorded in a single night up and down the stairway of a four story building. It drew upon influences such as Cocteau Twins, Mazzy Star, Trinity Session, Red House Painters and the feel of early sixties records - “I Love You How You Love Me” was of particular importance in the creation of the record.

They have now relocated to Brooklyn, New York, and released the single Affection which was accompanied by a cover of REO Speedwagon’s massive hit Keep On Loving You.

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