The Crystal Ship / Anna Karenina

The song featured on the B-side, “Anna Karenina,” is a quintessential Cigs track, sensual, slow-burning, and emotionally oversized, with lyrics so confessional they verge on too much. But its inclusion of spoken word verses adds a striking new dimension to Greg Gonzalez’s world, expanding the band’s intimate palette. The A-side fan favorite finally seeing release: a gorgeous cover of The Doors’ “The Crystal Ship,” recast in the band’s signature haze.