About

Wistful Brooklyn band with an EP of melancholic, androgynous pop noir set in smoke-filled darkness.
Inspired by the Trinity Session, Cocteau Twins, Red House Painters, Mazzy Star and the sound of early ’60s records like I Love You How You Love Me by the Paris Sisters, they recorded their first proper EP, I., live over the course of a single night in the stairway of a four story building.

"Cigarettes After Sex is an ambient pop collective led by songwriter Greg Gonzalez & is currently based out of Brooklyn, NY. 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". "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." Gonzalez cites Françoise Hardy as his favorite singer and Miles Davis as having great impact. The band also includes The Cowboy Junkies' album The Trinity Session, Julee Cruise and Cocteau Twins as influential. 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 and early Red House Painters. 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." – Wiki

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