Event

CITIZEN | OCTOBER 18 @ COUNTER CULTURE

wsg. Nicole Dollanganger, Freedom, and Free At Last

Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Counter Culture - 620 Gratiot Avenue, Saginaw, MI 48602
Doors at 6:30 pm - All Ages

Almost two years to the date of the release of their breakthrough album, Citizen return with their highly anticipated follow-up full-length, Everybody is Going to Heaven. Haunting these ten songs is a foreboding, dark atmosphere masterfully crafted by producer Will Yip, and an immediate, intense energy is palpable from even the first grimy seconds of the opener, Cement. As with every one of Citizens releases, Mat Kerekes signature vocal delivery here is a trademark feature, demonstrating the emotional tension that boils over on this release. As cathartic as ever, he duels between a soft croon and a haunting scream, confronting his demons on tracks like My Favorite Color echoing the tormented refrain, my heart still beats for nothing. And while most of the record is an intense and noisy onslaught, songs like Heaviside and Yellow Love act as armistices, each aching in reverb-drenched consonance. Everybody is Going to Heaven is a turning point for Citizen: once regarded as newcomers with undeniable potential, the band shows here that they have matured both abruptly and uniquely, with no end to their upward trajectory in sight.