X- Smoke & Fiction

Label: Fat Possum

Released 8/2/2024

After 47 years of making music, America's most original punk band is releasing their final album. Being great is one thing, but staying great for a long time is another. X has been great for forty-seven years, building their legend as one of America's most original punk bands with seven albums between 1980 and 1993. This summer, their final album, Smoke & Fiction, will be released alongside multiple national tours Like Alphabet and (2020), Smoke & Fiction has the fury and fun expected from X. It's a valedictory lap with tracks like "Big Black X" reflecting back on their journey. Exene Cervenka - Vocals / John Doe - Vocals, Bass / Billy Zoom - Guitars, Bass Guitar / DJ Bonebrake - Drums, Percussion / Produced by Rob Schnapf / Engineered by Matt Schuessler / Recorded @ Sunset Sound Hollywood Ca & MANT Studios Eagle Rock CA

Track listing:

1. Ruby Church
2. Sweet Til the Bitter End
3. The Way It Is
4. Flipside
5. Big Black X
6. Smoke & Fiction
7. Struggle
8. Winding Up the Time
9. Face in the Moon
10. Baby & All