Citizens Here and Abroad
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Citizens Here and Abroad is an indie rock
group from San Francisco, California
, United States
. They formed in 2002.
drummer Chris Wetherell. Neighborly talking led to musical collaboration. Taking their name from a 1953 Girl Scout manual discovered on a bookshelf at a boozy Oakland house party, the trio cemented their lineup with Dealership
bass player/vocalist Chris Groves.
Their sound has been described as dreamy and cerebral. While their songs are built on catchy melodies, they don't tend to follow traditional verse-chorus-verse song structure, opting for a more experimental approach to composition.
In 2004, their debut album, Ghosts of Tables and Chairs was released on Omnibus Records. The band toured the US and the UK in support of the album, and the track Appearances ended up being used in the U.S. television teen soap opera, The O.C.
Their follow-up album, Waving, Not Drowning (see Not Waving but Drowning
) was released in 2006 on Turn Records.
Compilations
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
group from San Francisco, California
California
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, United States
United States
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. They formed in 2002.
Band history
Citizens Here and Abroad was formed in 2002 when Adrienne Robillard and Dan Lowrie, following the breakup of their previous band Secadora, happened to move in to an apartment across the street from DealershipDealership (band)
Dealership is an American indie rock band based in Berkeley, California. Since their inception in 1995, the band features all their original members.-History:...
drummer Chris Wetherell. Neighborly talking led to musical collaboration. Taking their name from a 1953 Girl Scout manual discovered on a bookshelf at a boozy Oakland house party, the trio cemented their lineup with Dealership
Dealership (band)
Dealership is an American indie rock band based in Berkeley, California. Since their inception in 1995, the band features all their original members.-History:...
bass player/vocalist Chris Groves.
Their sound has been described as dreamy and cerebral. While their songs are built on catchy melodies, they don't tend to follow traditional verse-chorus-verse song structure, opting for a more experimental approach to composition.
In 2004, their debut album, Ghosts of Tables and Chairs was released on Omnibus Records. The band toured the US and the UK in support of the album, and the track Appearances ended up being used in the U.S. television teen soap opera, The O.C.
Their follow-up album, Waving, Not Drowning (see Not Waving but Drowning
Not Waving but Drowning
"Not Waving but Drowning" is a poem by British poet Stevie Smith published in 1957 as part of a collection of the same title. The work, the most famous of Smith's poems, describes a man whose distressed thrashing in the sea causes onlookers to believe that he is waving to them...
) was released in 2006 on Turn Records.
Band members
- 2002 to present - Chris Groves; vocals, bass, keyboards
- 2002 to present - Dan Lowrie; guitar
- 2002 to present - Adrienne Robillard; vocals, guitar
- 2002 to present - Chris Wetherell; drums
Discography
Albums- Ghosts of Tables and Chairs (Omnibus, 2004)
- Waving, Not Drowning (Turn Records, 2006)
Compilations
- Birds of a Feather (2004)
- Orange (Dreams by Degrees 2006)
- Silver Rocket 100 (Silver Rocket, 2007)