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Cigarettes After Sex holds you in a hell of a spell.<\/p>\n
Their cinematic slow-burn pop unspools like the most achingly romantic of movies. Swooning in the spirit of influences like Mazzy Star and Red House Painters, this is that rare band that can create a singular world and mood of its own \u2013 a fact not lost on their growing, devoted following.<\/p>\n
\u201cSun sets, we wander through a foreign town<\/i>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/i>Strangely, there’s nobody else around\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
And what a mood it is.<\/p>\n
Melancholic, androgynous pop noir set in smoke-filled darkness. A delicate, elemental, otherworldly wash of ambience. Music to savour and linger over.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re hugely excited to bring Cigarettes After Sex over to China for a special\u00a0Stage Left\u00a0<\/b>Concrete & Grass sideshow.\u00a0Monday August 21<\/b>\u00a0in Beijing (Tango 3F), and\u00a0Wednesday August 23<\/b>\u00a0in Shanghai (Modern Sky Lab) with support acts TBC.\u00a0Presale tickets are 180 RMB.<\/b><\/p>\n
Like their songs, the journey that Cigarettes After Sex took to indie fame was a long, drawn-out slow-burn.<\/p>\n
Frontman Greg Gonzalez and co. started the project in 2008, putting out a debut EP in 2012. But it took a \u201cbreakthough weekend\u201d in 2015, when a burst of online fame suddenly put the band on the map.<\/p>\n
2017 saw their self-titled debut album. A sumptuous realisation of the sound they\u2019d been hinting at,it\u2019s receiving critical acclaim and enormous press. The songs are intense and intimate, encoded with confessional lyrics that frequently conjure goosebumps, as if intruding on a private conversation. Between Gonzalez\u2019 androgynous voice, the echoing guitar solos, and the subdued pulse of the drums – this debut went above and beyond even the sky-high buzz around the group.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy favorite thing that people say is that the music helps them, if they have sleep anxiety. It\u2019s like music therapy. That\u2019s basically the greatest compliment I could ever receive,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0Gonzalez said in an interview.\u00a0\u201cBecause if I\u2019ve had really rough times, in the same way, I\u2019ll use music for that purpose, to get all the noise out of your head.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to see why.These are siren songs, leading you puppeteer-like, towards an entrancing, enchanting state of mind. Somewhere between nostalgic and meditative.<\/p>\n
Cigarettes After Sex.\u00a021th<\/sup>August, Beijing. 23nd<\/sup>\u00a0August, Shanghai.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n This one is pure \u2018Grass wish-fulfillment.We can\u2019t wait to see you all there.<\/p>\n Concrete & Grass Presents:\u00a0<\/strong>Cigarettes After Sex<\/b>
\n\u3010Beijing\u3011<\/strong>
\nDate and Time:\u00a0<\/b>Mon 21 August – 20:00
\nVenue:\u00a0GEWARA – TANGO\u00a0LIVE 3rd Floor\u00a0<\/b>\u683c\u74e6\u62c9\u751f\u6d3b – \u7cd6\u679cLIVE \u4e09\u5c42
\n<\/b>3\/F Tango, 79 HepingliXijie
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\nTickets<\/b>: 180 RMB (Presale) \/ 220 RMB (Door)
\n* Pre-sales end at 12 noon, Aug.21, 2017<\/strong>
\nTickets once sold cannot be refunded!<\/strong>
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