Smoke & Fiction
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| Released | August 2, 2024 | |||
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| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 28:31 | |||
| Label | Fat Possum | |||
| Producer | Rob Schnapf | |||
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"[Recording Smoke & Fiction] was taxing. I'm not sure we have the will or energy to do another. As for touring, I never want us to be a shadow of what we were, I want us to go out on top."
—X bassist and vocalist John Doe on the decision to end recording and touring
Smoke & Fiction is the ninth and final studio album by American punk rock band X. It was released on August 2, 2024. The band also promoted this release with the farewell tour The End Is Near, slated to last into 2025. The album was preceded by the singles "Big Black X" and "Ruby Church".