Cigarettes After Sex

hypnagogic perfection! having fallen head over heels for their EP, it's a relief to hear that their gorgeously cinematic sound can be expanded to a debut full-length of rich, sumptuous post-coital dreaminess.

immersive, cohesive & transportative, it's swooning in the spirit of influences such as Mazzy Star & beach house or slowdive's recent comeback. The ability of frontman Greg Gonzalez & his band to set a scene & sustain a mood reels you in deeply, much like The XX achieved with their mesmerising debut. tiny details luxuriate over chiming guitars, romantic melodies & haunting pop-noir, all coalescing around Gonzalez's melting vocals. "becomes one of those restrained, low-boil albums where tempo, repetition & muted composition construct an entire story within the pauses between the notes & the ideas between the lines" - pitchfork