Apocalypse cover Shannon King

Lyrics

You leapt from crumbling bridges

Watching cityscapes turn to dust

Filming helicopters crashing in the ocean

From way above

Got the music in you baby, tell me why

Got the music in you baby, tell me why

You've been locked in there forever

And they just can't say goodbye

Kisses on the foreheads of the lovers

Wrapped in your arms

You've been hiding them in

Hollowed out pianos left in the dark

Got the music in you baby, tell me why

Got the music in you baby, tell me why

You've been locked in there forever

And they just can't say goodbye

Your lips, my lips, apocalypse

Your lips, my lips, apocalypse

Go and sneak us through the rivers

Flood is rising up on your knees, oh please

Come out and haunt me, I know you want me

Come out and haunt me

Sharing all your secrets with each other

Since you were kids

Sleeping soundly with the locket

That she gave you cutched in your fist

Got the music in you baby, tell me why

Got the music in you baby, tell me why

You've been locked in there forever

And you just can't say goodbye

You've been locked in there forever

And you just can't say goodbye

Oh, oh

When you're all alone

I will reach for you

When you're feeling low

I will be there too

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Gonzalez Gregory Steven

Apocalypse lyrics © Sleepy Bow Publishing, Peermusic Iii Ltd, Big Deal Jams

About the band Cigarettes After Sex: "Cigarettes After Sex is an American dream pop band formed in El Paso, Texas, in 2008, founded by Greg Gonzalez. The band is known for their ethereal, limerent and often dream-like musical style, lyrics often based on the themes of romance and love, as well as Gonzalez's voice, which has been described as "androgynous".[7] While marketed as an ambient pop band, Cigarettes After Sex are also considered to be shoegaze, slowcore and indie rock.

The band's debut extended play (EP), I., was released in 2012, with the song "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby" eventually becoming a sleeper hit through commercial licensing. After the release of the standalone single "Affection" in 2015, the band released their self-titled debut studio album in June 2017 to positive reviews.

In August 2019, the band announced their second studio album, titled Cry, along with the single "Heavenly". The album was released on October 25, 2019.

Cigarettes After Sex was formed in El Paso, Texas, in 2008.[8][9][7] Gonzalez recorded the first EP, I., in a four-story stairway at his alma mater, University of Texas at El Paso, calling the experience "basically an accident; kind of an experiment".[7]

Gonzalez relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where the band's single "Affection" was recorded and released in 2015 along with a cover of REO Speedwagon's "Keep On Loving You".[10][11]

Through music recommendations, Cigarettes After Sex became popular on YouTube, leading to live performances across Europe, Asia, and the United States. The band then released their self-titled debut studio album on June 9, 2017.[12][7][13]

Musical style and influences

In a feature for Noisey by Vice, Christina Cacouris describes Cigarettes After Sex as "elemental, hazy and romantic, but with a noir edge underneath Gonzalez's androgynous voice" as well as "sweet and sentimental".[7] "As the band’s name suggests, it’s reminiscent of lying in bed, but its ambient qualities don’t prevent it from being music you can dance to."[7] Gonzalez cites Françoise Hardy as his favorite singer and Miles Davis as having great impact.[7] In an interview with Sound of Boston, he also noted films such as L'Avventura and The Double Life of Veronique were influential to the feel and sound of the music in "Affection" and their LP.[14] The band also includes The Cowboy Junkies' album The Trinity Session, Julee Cruise, and Cocteau Twins as influences.[9][15] The music blog Eardrums Music describes the band as "slow, dreamy and beautiful with gorgeous, tender vocals and very good lyrics." and compares it to Mazzy Star[15] Music bloggers behind Swell Tone describe Cigarettes After Sex as a band producing "melancholy, slow pop that will sweetly rock any listener into a listless stupor."[16]

Reviewing Affection for Independentmusicnews.com, Jae Pyl concludes that "there's just such an intimacy to Cigarettes After Sex's sound that it's impossible to not let it into the pit of your belly."[11]

The band's song "Apocalypse" is included in the soundtrack of Srećko Horvat's book Poetry from the Future.[17]

Members

Since inception in 2008, the group has included a number of different members and collaborators led by Greg Gonzalez:[10]

Current members

Greg Gonzalez – founder, lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar

Randall Miller – bass

Jacob Tomsky – drums

Josh Marcus – keyboards

Former members

Phillip Tubbs – keyboards, electric guitar

Greg Leah – drums

Steve Herrada – keyboards

Emily Davis – acoustic guitar

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title Details Peak chart positions

US

[18] AUS

[19] AUT

[20] BEL

[21] FRA

[22] GER

[23] ITA

[24] NLD

[25] SWI

[26] UK

[27]

Cigarettes After Sex

Released: June 9, 2017[28]

Label: Partisan

—[A] 96 18 5 42 39 88 53 21 27

Cry

Released: October 25, 2019[30]

Label: Partisan

152 61 26 8 27 29 60 37 19 36

"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

I. (2012)

Singles

Title Year Album

"Affection"[31] 2015 Non-album single

"K."[32] 2016 Cigarettes After Sex

"Apocalypse"[33] 2017

"Each Time You Fall in Love"[34]

"Sweet"[35]

"Crush"[36] 2018 Non-album singles

"Neon Moon"[37]

"Heavenly"[38] 2019 Cry

"Falling in Love"[39]

"You're All I Want"[40] 2020 Non-album single

Demos

Cigarettes After Sex (Romans 13:9) (2011)

Notes

Cigarettes After Sex did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number eight on the Heatseekers Albums chart.[29]"

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