Cigarettes After Intercourse share new single, announce album ‘X’s’ and world tour with enormous London O2 present

Cigarettes After Intercourse have shared their newest single ‘Tejano Blue’ from their forthcoming LP ‘X’s’ and have introduced a world tour.

The brand new single sees the band’s frontman Greg Gonzalez give a nod to the music from his Texas childhood which impressed livelier tempos for his or her forthcoming tracks. Talking of the music in a press launch Gonzalez mentioned: “I grew up in El Paso and Tejano music is large there. You possibly can go to a whole lot of the bars within the metropolis and listen to artists like Selena, Los Ángeles Azules and La Mafia taking part in over the audio system. It was within the ambiance round me again then, however I all the time rejected it & gravitated in the direction of anything I used to be attracted to essentially.”

He continued: “Years later after I was residing in New York Metropolis I lastly began listening to Selena’s ‘Como La Flor’ on the identical time that I used to be additionally listening to a whole lot of Cocteau Twins. I had the concept then to attempt to mix each of their sounds by some means, which felt a bit unusual, but additionally felt prefer it was coming from a real place of rediscovering & lastly connecting with the music that I heard round me in my youth.”

The band’s third LP ‘X’s’ is about for launch July 12 through Partisan. You possibly can pre-order / pre-save the album here.

Diverting from their regular amalgam of relationships which have impressed their earlier work for essentially the most half, ‘X’s’ facilities on only one relationship that spanned 4 years. Talking concerning the creation of the album, Gonzalez revealed: “The file feels brutal.”

He continued: “I may sit and discuss this loss to somebody, however that wouldn’t scratch the floor. I’ve to essentially write about it, sing about it, have the music, after which I can begin to analyze and study from it. Or simply relive it—in a great way. I don’t have that Everlasting Sunshine-thing of desirous to neglect.”

Cigarettes After Intercourse ‘X’s monitor listing is:
1. ‘X’s’
2. ‘Tejano Blue’
3. ‘Silver Sable’
4. ‘Hideaway’
5. ‘Holding you, Holding me’
6. ‘Darkish Vacay’
7. ‘Child Blue Film’
8. ‘Scorching’
9. ‘Goals From Bunker Hill’
10. ‘Ambien Slide’

‘X’s’ follows the band’s 2019 LP ‘Cry‘. In a three-star evaluate of the LP, NME shared: “Because the warming notes of the unabashed love letter of closing ‘Pure’ fade out, you’re left with the dichotomy between the emotional scale that ‘Cry’ depends on and the lightness of contact with which it’s delivered. You’ll revisit this album, and as all the time, Cigarettes After Intercourse will slowly seduce you over time.”

Cigarettes After Intercourse have additionally introduced a large world tour that may see them tackle the US, EU, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Asia. The tour will start this summer season at Bonnaroo pageant and can come to a detailed on March 19, 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Tickets for the tour shall be out there beginning with an artist pre-sale starting on Tuesday, March 5 at 10am native time for North American dates solely. Further pre-sales, together with worldwide promoter pre-sales, will run all through the week forward. Basic ticket gross sales will begin on Friday, March 8 at 10am native time.

Try the complete listing of tour dates beneath and visit here to purchase tickets for US dates, here for UK/EU dates, right here for Australian and New Zealand dates and here for Asian and South African dates.

Cigarettes After Intercourse 2024-25 world tour dates are:

JUNE
15 – Manchester, TN / Bonnaroo

AUGUST
31 – Montreal, QC / Centre Bell

SEPTEMBER
1 – Toronto, ON / Scotiabank Enviornment
3 – Philadelphia, PA / Wells Fargo Heart
4 – Boston, MA / TD Backyard
6 – New York, NY / Madison Sq. Backyard
10 – Columbia, MD / Merriweather Submit Pavilion
11 – Raleigh, NC / PNC Enviornment
13 – Orlando, FL / Kia Heart
14 – Atlanta, GA / State Farm Enviornment
17 – San Antonio, TX / Frost Financial institution Heart
18 – Houston, TX / Toyota Heart
20 – Austin, TX / Moody Heart
21 – Fort Price, TX / Dickies Enviornment
23 – Chicago, IL / United Heart
24 – Saint Paul, MN / Xcel Power Heart
27 – Vancouver, BC / Rogers Enviornment
28 –  Seattle, WA / Local weather Pledge Enviornment
30 – Portland, OR / Moda Heart

OCTOBER
2 – Greenwood Village, CO / Fiddler’s Inexperienced Amphitheatre
3 – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT / Delta Heart
5 – Oakland, CA / Oakland Enviornment
7 – San Diego, CA / Viejas Enviornment
8 – Phoenix, AZ / Desert Diamond Enviornment
11 – Los Angeles, CA / Kia Discussion board
15 – Mexico Metropolis / Palacio de los Deportes
25 – Athens / OAKA Indoor Enviornment
28 – Amsterdam / Ziggo Dome
29 – Brussels / Forest Nationwide

NOVEMBER
1 – Milan / Discussion board
3 –  Vienna / Wiener Stadthalle
5 – Warsaw / COS Torwar
7 – Berlin / Uber Enviornment
9 –  Basel / St Jakobshalle
10 – Cologne / Lanxess Enviornment
12 – London / The O2
16 – Paris / Accor Enviornment
17 – Lyon / Halle Tony Garnier
20 – Madrid / WiZink Heart
21 – Lisbon / Altice Enviornment

JANUARY
9 – Hong Kong / Asia World-Expo, Corridor 5
11 – Kuala Lumpur / Sunway Lagoon
14 – Manila / MOA Enviornment
17 – Jakarta / Seashore Metropolis Worldwide
21 – Bangkok / Influence Exhibition Corridor 5

MARCH
5 – Cape City / Grand Enviornment at GrandWest
7 – Pretoria / SunBet Enviornment
12 – Melbourne / Rod Laver Enviornment
14 – Sydney / ICC Theatre
17 – Brisbane / Brisbane Leisure Heart
19 – Auckland / Spark Enviornment