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An artistic display featuring a vinyl record with a black and white label, accompanied by a matching album cover and a compact disc. The visual elements highlight minimalistic design, with the text "Cigarettes After Sex" prominently featured on all items.

X's 'Dark Vacay' 12" Picture Disc + X's CD

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.


  
An image of a vinyl record featuring a black and white design. The record is displayed on a gray background, showing a reflective surface with a blurred horizon. The album cover, featuring the title "CIGARETTES AFTER SEX," is visible in the background.

X's 'Dark Vacay' 12" Picture Disc Included

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$26.43
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The image features a dark, minimalist CD cover for the album "Cigarettes After Sex" by the band of the same name. The cover is predominantly gray with soft, blurred imagery, and the album title is displayed in a bold, white font. Next to the cover, the black CD is visible, featuring a simple design with the album title and tracklist printed in white text.

X's CD Included

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$10.72
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