Citizens (band)

Citizens & Saints
Origin Seattle, Washington[1][2]
Genres Christian rock, indie, Christian alternative rock[3][4]
Years active 2011 (2011)–present[3]
Labels BEC/Mars Hill[1][3]
Members
  • Zach Bolen
  • Brian Eichelberger
  • Nathan Furtado
  • Adam Skatula
  • Spencer Abbott
Past members
  • Tom McConnell
  • Nate Garvey
  • Jeremy Kelderman

Citizens & Saints, formerly just Citizens are a Christian rock band from Seattle, Washington.

Background

Citizens & Saints are from Seattle, Washington, and they were formerly based out of Mars Hill Church, which was one of their record labels.[1] Zach Bolen leads the band.[5] Bolen has recently resigned from Mars Hill.[6]

Their self-titled album, Citizens, has seen critical and commercial success since its release.

After changing their name, the band released their second studio album, titled Join the Triumph in November 2014. This album incorporated more electronic sounds and synthesizers can be heard on several of the tracks. The album is still in keeping with their fundamental indie/alternative rock sound.

Music

The band released an EP that was called Already / Not Yet EP on May 8, 2012, which was done only on the Mars Hill label.[3]

Their first full length studio album under the name Citizens & Saints was released on March 12, 2013 -- Citizens, which was done on both the BEC Recordings and Mars Hill Records labels, and was produced by Brian Eichelberger.[2][3][4]

Their second full-length studio album, Join the Triumph, was released on November 11, 2014 through BEC Recordings and was again produced by Brian Eichelberger.

Discography

Album

Year Album Peak chart positions
Top
Christian		 Top
Heatseekers
2013 Citizens
  • Released: March 12, 2013
  • Label: BEC/Mars Hill
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 20[4] 6[4]
2014 Join the Triumph
  • Released: November 11, 2014
  • Label: BEC
  • Format: CD, Digital download, Vinyl
 30[7] 9[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mars Hill Music. "Citizens". Mars Hill Music. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  2. 1 2 NRTTeamAdmin (March 5, 2013). "Citizens Artist Profile". New Release Tuesday. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Jesus Freak Hideout. "Citizens Discography, Citizens Artist Database, Citizens Lyrics". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 AllMusic. "Citizens - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  5. ↑ Jesus. "Gospel". God. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Controlling Christianity Kills Creativity". The Apocalypse Review.
  7. ↑ "Christian Albums". Retrieved January 26, 2016
  8. ↑ "Heatseekers Album". Retrieved January 26, 2016
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