Citizens Here And Abroad – Appearances

Citizens Here And Abroad
Appearances

After hearing several tracks from Citizens Here And Abroad off of internet radio, I decided to write them up here. The group’s debut album is called Ghosts Of Tables And Chairs and the track I heard off the radio was Appearances.

The group mixes dream rock urgency with more playful indie rock along the lines of Rilo Kiley. I get good doses of Kim Deal coming through the speakers as well. I especially liked the guitar lines which are mostly clean repeated notes and the stepup in energy of the chorus which swims with delicious distortion.

The other track available on their website is called “Enter The Elevator” and seems a bit more lighthearted at times because it includes a videogame music intro and pleasant sprinkling of xylophone throughout. The chorus on this song totally reminds me Star Ghost Dog, especially when the band sings “late, late, late, late, late”. Maybe a hint of Imperial Teen in there as well.

Some other information about lead singer Adrienne Robillard that I imagine has been played up in other reviews, but still is worth mentioning: She is originally from Kailua, Oahu (not Kailua-Kona on the big island) and is hapa – half chinese half haole (pidgin for white). This is kinda cool, because many of the folks at Palebear are asian… and also cool that she’s from Hawaii. The only other bigger indie band I remember that were from there was The Dambuilders though I imagine there must be many others,

Citizens Here And Abroad website

by Tyranosaur