Cigarettes After Sex

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Cigarettes After Sex
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Greg Gonzalez of Cigarettes After Sex performing at Positivus Festival in July 2017
Background information
Origin El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Genres
Years active2008–present
Labels
Members
Past members
  • Greg Leah
  • Steven Herrada
  • Emily Davis
  • Phillip Tubbs
Website www.cigarettesaftersex.com

Cigarettes After Sex is an American dream pop band, formed in El Paso, Texas in 2008 by Greg Gonzalez. The band is known for their ethereal, limerent and often dream-like musical style, lyrics often based on the themes of romance and love, as well as Gonzalez's voice, which has been described as "androgynous". [7] While marketed as an ambient pop band, Cigarettes After Sex are also considered to be shoegaze, slowcore and indie rock.

Contents

The band's debut extended play (EP), I., was released in 2012, with the song "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby" eventually becoming a sleeper hit through commercial licensing. After the release of the standalone single "Affection" in 2015, the band released their self-titled debut studio album in 2017 to positive reviews. The second Cigarettes After Sex studio album, Cry , followed in 2019. The band's third album, X's , is scheduled for release on July 12, 2024.

History

Cigarettes After Sex was formed in El Paso, Texas, by Greg Gonzalez in 2008. [8] [9] [7] Gonzalez recorded the first EP, I., in a four-story stairway at his alma mater, University of Texas at El Paso, calling the experience "basically an accident; kind of an experiment". [7]

According to Gonzalez, he had a "friendship with certain benefits" with a woman who smoked after they were together, and one night the name popped into his head. [10] Mitali Shah of Harper's Bazaar India considers the name "extremely catchy", [11] while Sarah Kidd writing for Ambient Light Blog calls it "the name that you just can't forget".

Gonzalez relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where the band's single "Affection" was recorded and released in 2015 along with a cover of REO Speedwagon's "Keep On Loving You". [12] [13]

Through music recommendations, Cigarettes After Sex became popular on YouTube, leading to live performances across Europe, Asia, and the United States. The band then released their self-titled debut studio album on June 9, 2017. [14] [7] [15]

In August 2019 the band announced their second studio album, titled Cry , along with the single "Heavenly". The album was released on October 25, 2019.

The band released the single "You're All I Want" in 2020 and, two years later, released a single titled "Pistol", in November 2022. [16]

In July 2023, the band released a pair of singles, "Bubblegum" and "Stop Waiting". [17] In December 2023, the band released a cover of Radiohead's song "Motion Picture Soundtrack". [18]

In 2024, the band announced their third studio album X's , and would release its lead single "Tejano Blue". The song was inspired by Gonzalez's years growing up in his hometown. [19]

Musical style and influences

In a feature for Noisey by Vice , Christina Cacouris describes Cigarettes After Sex as "elemental, hazy and romantic, but with a noir edge underneath Gonzalez's androgynous voice" as well as "sweet and sentimental". [7] "As the band's name suggests, it's reminiscent of lying in bed, but its ambient qualities don't prevent it from being music you can dance to." [7] Gonzalez cites Françoise Hardy as his favorite singer and Miles Davis as having great impact. [7] In an interview with Sound of Boston, he also noted films such as L'Avventura and The Double Life of Veronique were influential to the feel and sound of the music in "Affection" and their LP. [20] The band also includes the Cowboy Junkies' album The Trinity Session , Julee Cruise, and Cocteau Twins as influences. [9] [21] The music blog Eardrums Music describes the band as "slow, dreamy and beautiful with gorgeous, tender vocals and very good lyrics" and compares it to Mazzy Star. [21] Music bloggers behind Swell Tone describe Cigarettes After Sex as a band producing "melancholy, slow pop that will sweetly rock any listener into a listless stupor." [22]

Reviewing "Affection" for Independentmusicnews.com, Jae Pyl concludes that "there's just such an intimacy to Cigarettes After Sex's sound that it's impossible to not let it into the pit of your belly." [13]

Members

Since inception in 2008, the group has included a number of different members and collaborators led by Greg Gonzalez: [12]

Current members

Former members

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[23] 		AUS
[24] 		AUT
[25] 		BEL
[26] 		FRA
[27] 		GER
[28] 		NLD
[29] 		POR
[30] 		SWI
[31] 		UK
[32]
Cigarettes After Sex 14481185423853212127
Cry
  • Released: October 25, 2019 [37]
  • Label: Partisan
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
1526126827293711936
X's
  • Scheduled: July 12, 2024 [19]
  • Label: Partisan
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
To be released

Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected chart positions
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
Sales
[38]
I.
  • Released: July 21, 2012 [39]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital download
2

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
Bub.
[40] 		BEL
[26] 		CAN
[41] 		FRA
[42] 		GRE
[43] 		LTU
[44] 		POR
[30] 		SWE
Heat.
[45] 		UK
Indie
[46] 		WW
[47]
"Affection" [48] 2015——————————Non-album single
"K." [49] 2016—— [upper-alpha 1] ————————Cigarettes After Sex
"Apocalypse" [50] 20171685838731271852025156
"Each Time You Fall in Love" [53] ——————————
"Sweet" [54] ——————————
"Crush" [55] 2018—86————————Non-album singles
"Neon Moon" [56] —— [upper-alpha 2] ————————
"Heavenly" [57] 2019—64—57——————Cry
"Falling in Love" [58] —— [upper-alpha 3] ————————
"You're All I Want" [59] 2020—— [upper-alpha 4] ————————Non-album singles
"Pistol" [60] 2022——————————
"Bubblegum" [61] 2023——————————
"Motion Picture Soundtrack" [62] ——————————
"Tejano Blue" [63] 2024——————————X's
"Dark Vacay" [64] 2024——————————
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Other certified songs

TitleYear Certifications Album
"Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby"2012I.
"Sunsetz"2017Cigarettes After Sex
"Cry"2019Cry

Demos

Notes

  1. ↑ "K." did not register on the Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but charted as an "extra tip" on the Ultratip chart. [26]
  2. ↑ "Neon Moon" did not register on the Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but charted as an "extra tip" on the Ultratip chart. [26]
  3. ↑ "Falling in Love" did not register on the Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but charted as an "extra tip" on the Ultratip chart. [26]
  4. ↑ "You're All I Want" did not register on the Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but charted as an "extra tip" on the Ultratip chart. [26]

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