The elusive and dreamy track is off their long-anticipated self-titled first album, which comes five years after their debut EP, I. The airy melody of the love song is soft yet strong, stringing together the messages of pain and memories of past relationships.
With each lyric, the soft-spoken music group brings you back to that first moment of falling in love and the aftermath that follows behind it. Trending on Billboard. Definitely wanted that sort of idea in regards to this.
What has it been like having such a dedicated fan base and streaming success prior to even releasing an album? I truly believe we really just have the best fans. What made you feel like this was the right time to put out a full album, and why did you decide to self-title it? Then once we attempted a number of songs I had written over the last five years during the recording sessions for the LP it felt as if we had captured something special and that there would be enough good there to craft a full length album with at last⦠The record is self titled in keeping with the simplicity of the statement we wanted to make.
Stripping everything down to its essence. Mostly different sides of what was established before honestly. Some of the lyrics are more sweetly pornographic than before and some of them are stranger and more dreamlike than before, maybe. And will that change once the album is out? Trying to be a bit picky can definitely limit the output however, so that is a part of the absence.
As time goes on and once the record comes out there will be more though, mostly due to just trying more. What do you hope fans take away about your music and Cigarettes After Sex as a band after listening to the full album? I hope they feel understood or I hope they have a feeling of empathy, which is one of the greatest things music can provide. No matter what someone can always understand how it feels during all the highs and the lows.
