Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex (2017)
Can't really show this while it's spinning, but I've got it on the table now. Strap in for the next paragraph, cause I'm gonna vent a bit.
My ex introduced this album to me in the middle of our 13 month relationship. Our relationship was very rocky and damaging for us both throughout, to say the least. But we tried to make it work for too long. This album gave us some reprive. An album of tender passion to hold between us. I immediately ordered this after she told me to listen to Apocalypse. This got a lot of plays (once I got my second copy that didn't skip, bless their kind CS department). It's a beautiful album.
Then we broke up. It was rough. I'll spare the details, but it's not the way you want a 3 year friendship and committed 13 month relationship to end. It really doesn't help that her name is said repeatedly in the first song on the album. I put this one away for a while, only playing a few songs digitally when I felt I could handle it.
But tonight, this album is getting it's first complete spin in over a year. Not just in honor of their new album. But as a testament, and a tribute, to anyone who struggles or has struggled to regain what they've lost through abusive relationships. To anyone who's ever had to fight to hold onto their sanity, this one's for you.
Bless the N&G community. You're all simply wonderful people who help me feel the music that I lost the touch for. Enjoy your weekend