CIGARETTES - You Were So Young 2LP gospel where they opened for acts

where they opened for acts from the likes of Steppenwolf and Aretha Franklin

particularly because they’re one of the only “bands” that is actually responding in an interesting way to the profusion of pop- and sub-cultural content that the internet has brought us… whereas most artists I’ve heard either wring their hands about the overwhelming nature of “content” in the digital age (like Parquet Courts) or just shamelessly rip off what has come before (95% of punk bands of the past several years)

they have been a force to be reckoned with

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but at the same time deeply rooted in the tradition

CIGARETTES - You Were So Young 2LP gospel where they opened for actsCos we care and it's brilliant we'll continue to carry this as long as it's about. 180 gram vinyl includes CD plus 20 pg booklet housed in gatefold sleeve. Bonus poster, sticker, and badge. Highly recommended. The complete recorded output of the short lived and scandalously under appreciated Lincoln punk band The Cigarettes. You Were So Young captures 22 tracks laid down between 1978 and 1981, including their singles and B sides, a John Peel session