X's

Description

Cigarettes After Sex reinvents the musical landscape with 'X's', a brutal and magical album that establishes the band as a contemporary legend.With X's, Cigarettes After Sex finally takes center stage, not only as one of the best current independent bands, but also as one of the most accomplished groups on a global scale, across all genres, whose often unconventional path to fame has helped redefine the very definition of success for artists in the modern era. Filled with raw, vivid, sometimes explicit scenes, accompanied by hypnotic, slow-burning pop songs, songwriter Greg Gonzalez captures every emotion a romantic episode can inspire. But while previous albums drew from a mix of relationships, X's focuses largely on a single relationship, spanning four years. "The album is brutal," Gonzalez admits. "I could sit down and talk about this breakup with a friend, but that wouldn't be enough. I have to write, to sing, to make music, and then I can start to analyze and learn from it. Or simply relive it — in the good sense of the word. I don't have that 'Eternal Sunshine' side of wanting to forget." A magical third album that marks Cigarettes After Sex's return to the top.