Cigarettes After Sex Listening Party

We're pleased to announce we'll have an advance playback of the new Cigarettes After Sex album!

This event will be held in-store on Thursday 11th July at 5.30pm. 

There is a special merch bundle available for pre-order for this event for attendees, which will include the album, with a tote bag and postcard. There will also be a limited picture disc edition of the album which is available to order now too which will only be available at select retailers, as well as other formats. THIS EVENT IS IN-STORE AND ALL BONUS ITEMS MUST BE COLLECTED ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT. The album is released on Friday 11th July, and will be available for collection from then.

*PLEASE NOTE THE TOTE BAG AND POSTCARDS ARE ONLY FOR THOSE WHO PRE-ORDER AN ALBUM FROM US AND ATTEND THE EVENT. IF WE HAVE ANY LEFT OVER WE'LL MAKE THESE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO BUYS THE ALBUM FROM US AFTER THE EVENT*

About the album:

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.