Citizen (band)

History

The band formed in the year 2009 while still in high school. Their first release was an easycore demo, after which the band modified their genre to adopt a more indie rock sound. In early 2012, the band signed to Run For Cover Records. 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. In late July 2014, the band released a single titled Silo on Run for Cover Records. 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. The album was made available for streaming via Run for Cover's Bandcamp page on June 9, 2015. The album charted at number 2 on the Billboard Vinyl Albums chart.

On the 2nd May 2016 the band made the song 'Nail In Your Hand' available for free download from their website

Style

AllMusic biographer Jason Lymangrover called the band's sound a merge of "bombastic emo pop, post-hardcore, and thick, chunky indie rock". The band has been described as indie rock. Youth has been described as emo, grunge, indie rock, pop punk, post-hardcore, and punk rock. Everybody Is Going to Heaven has been described as alternative rock, emo, grunge and shoegaze.

Discography

Members