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X's
Artist
Cigarettes After Sex
Label
Partisan Records
Catalogue Number
PTKF3035
Release Date
July 12, 2024
  • Vinyl 1×LP (Deluxe)

    $30.00

    X's pressed on 140g black vinyl, housed in a gatefold jacket printed on silver foil board. Contains exclusive lyric and photo book.

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    PTKF3035-8

  • Vinyl 12”

    $25.00

    X's pressed on 140g black vinyl, housed in a printed, die-cut inner sleeve

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    PTKF3035-1

  • CD

    $15.00

    X's on CD in a digipak with lyric book

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    PTKF3035-2

  • Cassette

    $13.00

    X’s on a black cassette shell with j-card, housed in a clear case

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  • Download

    $10.00
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    320 kbps, LAME-encoded

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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.

Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 X's 3:54 Buy

    X's

  2. 2 Tejano Blue 3:54 Buy

    Tejano Blue

  3. 3 Silver Sable 3:54 Buy

    Silver Sable

  4. 4 Hideaway 3:54 Buy

    Hideaway

  5. 5 Holding you, Holding me 3:54 Buy

    Holding you, Holding me

  6. 6 Dark Vacay 3:33 Buy

    Dark Vacay

  7. 7 Baby Blue Movie 3:54 Buy

    Baby Blue Movie

  8. 8 Hot 3:54 Buy

    Hot

  9. 9 Dreams From Bunker Hill 3:54 Buy

    Dreams From Bunker Hill

  10. 10 Ambien Slide 3:54 Buy

    Ambien Slide

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