Cigarettes After Sex
by Cigarettes After Sex
  • Record Label: Partisan
  • Release Date: Jun 9, 2017
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 90 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 90
  3. Negative: 3 out of 90
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  1. MrNiceGuyMan
    Oct 6, 2022
    4
    The bands first full length studio albums is definetly something. The band does have an sound that has polished to the end. Lyric writing is on the peak and it goes perfectly with slow, sad but still romantic tones. The vocalist Greg Gonzalez does the singing also the way it should be done. Slow high-pitched, but sleepy voice. They have a good thing going and are going far for sure

    BUT    The bands first full length studio albums is definetly something. The band does have an sound that has polished to the end. Lyric writing is on the peak and it goes perfectly with slow, sad but still romantic tones. The vocalist Greg Gonzalez does the singing also the way it should be done. Slow high-pitched, but sleepy voice. They have a good thing going and are going far for sure

    BUT there is also a downside for this album which for me is big. They have a sound. But just one sound. It's good they have a way, but they really have not stepped far from it. There is 10 songs in the album, yet I feel like listening 1 song. The band does have potential, and lots of it. It just feels iike they are afraid of going to far from the core of the band - which is calm, edgy feelings from teenage years. This album could have been 8 maybe even 9 in the best scenario. Sadly I have to give 5 because they took the easy road. This album is the definiton of "one trick pony" for me.

    In conclusion: they have lot of potential and a lot t give. They just need to realise they can't rely on same trick for too long.    … Expand

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Drowned In Sound
    Dec 14, 2017
    80
    Some of these stories are not fleshed out as poetic or romantic as the music might suggest, yet it’s forgivable in the sense that Cigarettes After Sex successfully transport you to an erotic world entirely their own.
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  2. Mojo
    Jul 25, 2017
    80
    The effect is a bit like pleasantly nodding off to a Mazzy Star record and, like the smoke off the titular post-coital gaspers, the intoxicating atmosphere lingers long after the tracks have played out. [Sep 2017, p.88]
  3. Clash Music
    Jul 20, 2017
    70
    Despite the still occasionally underdeveloped, teenage diary-like lyrics, there are glimpses of more comedic moments amongst the angst.
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