biographical info
Cigarettes
is a name taken for its dichotomies; its combination of cool/uncool,
masculine/feminine, acceptance/revulsion, and is the performing name of
Brad Casey. The songs Cigarettes currently performs deal with the
concept of modern love in the city, the issues that come with attempts
at warmth and tenderness when surrounded by cold, steel and concrete
buildings, grey roads and sidewalks, cars and crowds of people. The
songs, performed with drummer Mike Duffield, attempt a celebration of
the sorrows that rise when dealt with these situations of love. Dark and
manic yet tender, the music of Cigarettes falls into a tradition of the
love song irregularly.