Cigarettes After Sex, based in Brooklyn, NY, is an ambient pop collective led by songwriter Greg Gonzalez. In the spring of 2012, inspired by the Trinity Session, Cocteau Twins, Red House Painters, Mazzy Star and the sound of early ’60s records, the band recorded its first proper EP, I., live over the course of a single night in the stairway of a four story building. The latest single, Affection, was recorded in the same spontaneous spirit. It’s become the essence of this band.