The City Introvert

The album art.

***The City Introvert*** is the second solo album by the lead singer of Coheed and Cambria, Claudio Sanchez (who refers to himself as The Prize Fighter Inferno). It was officially released on April 23, 2021, nearly 15 years since his previous album, but the first four tracks were available on the EP *Stray Bullets*, which released in July of 2020.

## Editions

Vinyl

* Ghostly Green (a Coheed and Cambria Store Exclusive)
* Neon Nebula (a MerchNow PFI Store Exclusive)
* Bone White (available at all regular retailers)

## Critical Reception

PopMatters gave the album a 6 out of 10 and cited "safe superficiality" and "out-and-out cringe" as reasons for the above average score. DeadPress gave the album a 6 out of 10 as well and concluded that the album "may be inconsistent, but ultimately stands on its own".

### Charts

On May 4, Sanchez posted the Billboard results from the album's release which were as follows:

* # 1 on Alternative New Artist Albums
* # 1 on Top New Artists Albums
* # 6 on Current Alternative Albums
* # 8 on Current Rock Albums
* # 38 on Top Albums

## Trivia

* This album does not seem to have anything to do with the story originally started in the previous album, *My Brother's Blood Machine*.
* Writing this album became an outlet for Sanchez as he dealt with the 2020 pandemic, his grandfather falling ill, and his wife being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease.
* The album was previewed in its entirety on April 22, 2021 (the day before it's official release) on Sanchez's Twitch channel. This day also happened to be his wife's birthday.
* In addition to giving away a copy of each variant of the vinyl, Sanchez also randomly included a polaroid into random shipments of the purchased vinyls.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-city-introvert/1554141437?at=1001lwQy&ct=FFM\_c23c088d71150de8b3e8783c5796e7c4&uo=4&app=music
2. ↑ https://store.coheedandcambria.com/the-city-introvert-ghostly-green-vinyl.html
3. ↑ https://pfi.merchnow.com/products/v2/325570/the-city-introvert-neon-nebula
4. ↑ https://mainstvinyl.com/UPC/5056167126829
5. ↑ https://www.popmatters.com/prize-fighter-inferno-city-introvert
6. ↑ https://www.deadpress.co.uk/album-review-the-prize-fighter-inferno-the-city-introvert/
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/ThePFIOfficial/status/1389696062127067144
8. ↑ https://consequence.net/2021/03/claudio-sanchez-prize-fighter-inferno-new-album-origins-sweet-talker-stream/
9. ↑ https://www.brooklynvegan.com/claudio-sanchezs-first-prize-fighter-inferno-album-in-15-years-out-this-week-hear-rock-bottom/
10. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@coheedandcambriaofficial/video/6953403641483021573?\_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgowJBcwXi8E2usut0fCGusognx%2B%2B3B%2FIIwWWtVwYH%2F4KEzyCZmcJ16F2MuAf53CXaMiGgA%3D&language=en&preview\_pb=0&share\_item\_id=6953403641483021573&share\_link\_id=028A534A-17DB-48B9-87B4-B3EEA23EA30A&source=h5\_m&timestamp=1618973810&tt\_from=copy&u\_code=dai6a46lijc85j&utm\_campaign=client\_share&utm\_medium=ios&utm\_source=copy&\_r=1&lang=en&is\_copy\_url=0&is\_from\_webapp=v1&sender\_device=pc&sender\_web\_id=6938810740770702854
11. ↑ https://twitter.com/ThePFIOfficial/status/1384225669895233537