Cigarettes After Sex and a Story of Slovenian Cigarettes
Cigarettes After Sex released their self titled album earlier this year and I finally managed to give it a listen. It's a (bitter)sweet collection of relationship songs set to somber beats, which all unconditionally make you feel slightly dreamy (but of course not sleepy). " Sweet opens with the line Watching the video that you sent me/The one where you’re showering with wet hair dripping, before turning into a song about longing to touch a loved one’s skin through a screen." - Pitchfork But perhaps the biggest success of the band is that they managed to make even the most erotic lyrics elegant, instead of wandering into the crude teritorry. Just look at this example: " Watching the video where you're lying In your red lingerie ten times nightly You know I think your skin's the perfect color But it's always your eyes that pull me under" - Sweet , Cigarettes After Sex Truly this band embodies the well known Wilde's quote: "A