Official press release:

Citizens have announced their forthcoming full-length album, Fear, and shared a new music video for the single “Looking Up“. Fans can watch the video exclusively with Baeble Music:

Speaking to the message behind “Looking Up”, the band said:

“A song for taking back the power of outlook. Who says we can’t choose optimism over pessimism? One by one a chorus is forming of smiling faces dancing in gold.”

Fear will be available everywhere on May 3rd, and the band will kick off a North American tour next month, with more dates to come in this fall. For a full list of dates, please see below.

Citizens have produced Fear from start to finish without the backing of a record label. The band reached out to fans via Kickstarter and have raised over $62,000 for Fear (over $40,000 more than their original goal). Learn more about the project here. Pre-order the album from WeAreCitizens.net and iTunes.

Prior to “Looking Up,”, Citizens released three singles: “Everything for Nothing”, “Out of Sight”, and title-track “Fear“. 

Fear track listing:

  1. “Fear”
  2. “Everything For Nothing”
  3. “Out Of Sight”
  4. “Illusion”
  5. “Am I Brave?”
  6. “The Wait’s Not Easy”
  7. “Looking Up”
  8. “Past”
  9. “I Will Always”
  10. “Take Heart”

5/18 – Berkeley, CA | Cornerstone
5/19 – Los Angeles, CA | Catch One
5/21 – Mesa, AZ | Nile Theater
5/23 – Austin, TX | Come and Take It Live
5/24 – Houston, TX | White Oak Music Hall
5/25 – Fort Worth, TX | Ridglea Theater
5/26 – Oklahoma City, OK | 89th Street – OKC
6/02 – Seattle, WA | Neumos
6/03 – Seattle, Wa | Neumos

Citizens is:

Zach Bolen – Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar and Keys
Spencer Abbott – Vocals and Electric Guitar
Nathan Furtado – Bass
Brian Eicrhelberger – Piano, Synthesizer and B3 Organ
Adam Skatula – Drums