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Citizen

Citizen is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sonic Youth, Hum, Nirvana, Title Fight and Knuckle Puck. Those roots explain a lot about how Citizen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Movements, Tigers Jaw, Seahaven, Knuckle Puck and Have Mercy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Movements, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Citizen, reaching back through Sonic Youth and forward to Movements. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Citizen is an American rock band from Southeast Michigan and Northwest Ohio that formed in 2009. The band currently consists of Mat Kerekes (vocals), brothers Nick and Eric Hamm (bass), Mason Mercer, and Ben Russin (drums). They are currently signed to Run for Cover Records, and have released five studio albums to date: Youth (2013), Everybody Is Going to Heaven (2015), As You Please (2017), Life in Your Glass World (2021), and Calling the Dogs (2023). Considered a part of emo's fourth wave, Pitchfork has described Citizen as "a band their fans can grow up with rather than out of".

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CitizenSonic YouthHumNirvanaTitle FightKnuckle PuckKerri ChandlerMovementsMovementsTigers JawSeahavenKnuckle PuckHave MercyMoose BloodJoyce ManorHot Mulligan

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Citizen connections

Citizen grew out of Sonic Youth, Hum, Nirvana and Title Fight, shares an orbit with Movements, Tigers Jaw, Seahaven and Knuckle Puck, went on to shape Movements. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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