Citizen (band)
Citizen | |
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| Origin | Toledo, Ohio |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Run for Cover |
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| Website | citizentheband |
Citizen is a rock band from Southeast Michigan and Northwest Ohio.[1]
History
The band formed in the year 2009 while still in high school. In May 2011, the band made an appearance at Bled Fest.[2] In early 2012, the band signed to Run For Cover Records.[3][4] The band released their first full-length album in 2013 titled Youth. The album was recorded in Studio 4 with producer Will Yip (Title Fight, Circa Survive, Braid). In June 2014, the band announced they would be going on a fall tour in support of Youth, starting early September in Toronto, Canada, and ending mid-October in Cleveland, Ohio. The tour was supported by the bands You Blew It!, Hostage Calm, Praise, and True Love.[5][6] In late July 2014, the band released a single titled Silo on Run for Cover Records.[7] On April 26, Citizen announced plans to release their second full-length album, Everybody Is Going to Heaven, on June 23, 2015 via Run For Cover.[8] The album was made available for streaming via Run for Cover's Bandcamp page on June 9, 2015.[9] The album charted at number 2 on the Billboard Vinyl Albums chart.[10]
On the 2nd May 2016 the band made the song 'Nail In Your Hand' available for free download from their website [11]
In early 2017, the band posted on their official Instagram site that they had begun to start the recording process of a new, upcoming album.
Style
AllMusic biographer Jason Lymangrover called the band's sound a merge of "bombastic emo pop, post-hardcore, and thick, chunky indie rock".[12] The band has been described as indie rock.[13] Youth has been described as emo,[13][14][15][16] grunge,[14] indie rock,[15] pop punk,[16] post-hardcore,[13] and punk rock.[15] Everybody Is Going to Heaven has been described as alternative rock,[17] emo,[18] grunge[17] and shoegaze.[16][18]
Discography
- Studio albums
- Extended plays
- Young States (2011)
- Splits
- The Only Place I Know (split w/ The Fragile Season) (2011)
- Citizen / Turnover (split w/ Turnover) (2012)
- Singles
- Silo (2014)
- Nail In Your Hand (2015)
- Other releases
- Demo (2009)
Members
- Present
- Mat Kerekes - lead vocals
- Nick Hamm - guitar, vocals
- Jake Duhaime - drums
- Ryland Oehlers - guitar
- Eric Hamm - bass
- Former
- Cray Wilson - drums
- Mike Armstrong - drums
References
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Joe. "Interview: Citizen talks about 'Youth' and Memorable Band Moments". New Noise Magazine.
- ^ "Bled Fest releases full lineup". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. March 2, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ^ Kraus, Brian. "Turnover and Citizen sign to Run For Cover Records, announce split EP". Alternative Press. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ Ableson, Jon. "Citzen + Turnover Sign To Run For Cover Records". Alter The Press. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ "Citizen Announces Fall US Tour; Debut LP 'Youth' Out Now on Run For Cover Records". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ Kraus, Brian. "Submit News Citizen announce fall US headlining tour". Alternative Press. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ "Silo Run For Cover Records". Bandcamp. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Sharp, Tyler. "Citizen to release new album, 'Everybody Is Going To Heaven' in June". Alternative Press. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ https://runforcoverrecords.bandcamp.com/album/everybody-is-going-to-heaven
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2015-07-11/vinyl-albums
- ^ http://citizentheband.net/
- ^ Lymangrover, Jason. "Citizen | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ a b c Lymangrover, Jason. "Youth - Citizen | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ a b RENALDO69 (July 22, 2013). "Citizen - Youth". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Yi, Catherine (July 2, 2013). "Citizen – Youth: Album Review". idobi. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ a b c Joyce, Colin (June 9, 2015). "Stream Citizen's Arresting 'Everybody Is Going to Heaven' LP". SPIN. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ a b Ranjanathan, Branan (June 22, 2015). "Citizen Everybody is Going to Heaven". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ a b RENALDO69 (June 10, 2015). "Citizen - Everybody Is Going to Heaven". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Horansky, TJ. "Citizen release new album 'Youth' following leak". Alternative Press. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ Kraus, Brian. "Citizen (Run For Cover Records) stream lead single, "The Summer"". Alternative Press. Retrieved 2 September 2014.