Slowly growing and changing since they first met as midwestern high-schoolers in 2009, CITIZEN have emerged today as one of underground alternative rock’s most promising bands.
CITIZEN will be returning to Australia in November in support of their critically acclaimed release, Everybody is Going to Heaven which had critics raving across the globe.
“This album is pretty much a must-listen for fans of heavy rock”, said Brooklyn Vegan while Exclaim gushed “This album surpasses their previous efforts in every way, and is a monumental achievement. With Everybody Is Going To Heaven, Citizen have forged a visceral, stunningly nuanced work that is nothing short of immaculate” and Billboard "Balancing melodic composure with heavy outbursts is a constant challenge for bands like this, but Citizen sounds like it knows exactly what it wants to do."
On Everybody Is Going to Heaven, CITIZEN stand on the edge of that overwhelming realisation that life is short, sometimes hard, and hopefully, meaningful, and shout all of those big, tough existential questions into the clouds without the anticipation to figuring out the definitive answers just yet.
2013's debut album Youth introduced the music world to a group of mid-western indie-punks just getting their feet. After seeing their album chart in the Billboard 200 upon its release, sell more than 20,000 copies to date, and embark on massive tours with sold out headlining shows, the band CITIZEN is becoming is now more obvious than ever in the way they convey themselves sonically and artistically as individuals with purpose.
CITIZEN are band who passionately sets out to create their own art, and makes itself clear they have no intention of retracing past steps or mistakes set into the ground by their others, or even themselves.
Tickets go on sale Friday 22 July at 9AM AEST TIME
CITIZEN AUSTRALIAN TOUR
THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER - FACTORY THEATRE, SYDNEY (LIC/ALL AGES)
Tickets available from www.factorytheatre.com.au/events/factory
WITH LOCAL SUPPORT BANDS: ENDLESS HEIGHTS, DEATH BELLS
FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER - THE ZOO, BRISBANE (18+)
Tickets available from Oztix outlets and www.oztix.com.au
WITH LOCAL SUPPORT BANDS: DEAFCULT, TALL PINES
SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER - CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE (18+)
Tickets available from www.cornerhotel.com or 1300 724 867
WITH LOCAL SUPPORT BANDS: DEAFCULT, SLOWLY SLOWLY
SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER - ARROW ON SWANSTON, MELBOURNE (ALL AGES)
Tickets available from Oztix outlets and www.oztix.com.au
WITH LOCAL SUPPORT BANDS: DEAFCULT, BETTER HALF
