While recent years have seen former bandmate Bill Orcutt reinvent the essence of gut-bucket blues

Modern-day anxiety and human disillusionment press through the album’s darker

The guitars are warm blankets enwrapping Dean Wareham's vocals

letting the fire blaze in the backyard

By the time the sound of moaning ferric via strained capstans and quivering belts makes its reappearance

CIGARETTES AFTER SEX - Cry LP Hardcore While recent years have seen180g DELUXE VINYL. Clocking in at nine songs, Cry is a compact collection but its brevity belies its depth. While the bands sound may be most associated with the romantic pop music of the late 50s and early 60s, Greg Gonzalez pushes into more unexpected sonic territory on Cry, reaching back to his childhood in El Paso, Texas, to draw subtle melodic influence from 90s Tejano stars like Selena and mainstream pop country artists like Shania Twain.