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About Me

The Citizens Bio As Understood by Guitarist, Thom Loubet:
In 2002, frontman Mark and I played together for the first time in a cramped NY rehearsal studio with the experimental funk octet, Earthdriver. Then, Mark asked me to play guitar on his own project. I went way up to the Bronx with a bag of effects and no idea what to expect. What I found was the thing Id been practicing for since I was eleven.
Jason and John (the rhythm section) hopped on board next, lending their unique, Oregon spawned pulse to the project.
Lastly, Citizen Katherine joined us with her laptop, Rhodes and voice. Bringin' the Science! - AND THEN THERE WERE FIVE...
Well be the first ones to tell you this band goes a lot of places sonically. Its who we are as a group. Weve all been around the block, fronting the half-formed or riding along as sidemen in sidecars. It was fun, and it made us good. But this is ours. This is a fusion of everything weve learned, and a chance to play only what we love.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/13/2005
Band Website: www.CitizensMusic.com
Band Members: The Citizens Are:
Mark Lesseraux (vocals, keyboards)
Thom Loubet (guitars)
Jason DiMatteo (bass)
John Bollinger (drums)
Katherine Miller (keyboards, mac laptop, vocals)

Influences: We count 97. If you can name 60 of them we will send you a free Citizens beer opener/key chain.
Sounds Like: Some say... Check out: http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/38042/The_Ci tizens_Post_CroMagnon_Drifthttp://www.musicomh.com/albums5/c itizens_0806.htm
Record Label: Yellow Ball

My Blog

The Deli Magazine

The opening track of The Citizens' sophomore album builds to one of the more satisfying climaxes I've heard in a long time an understatedly pummeling display of lead singer Mark Lesseraux's substant...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:13:00 GMT

Pitchfork Review

.. The CitizensPost Cro-Magnon Drift[Yellow Ball; 2006]Rating: 7.9.... The title of the Citizens' second album rather nicely captures 10,000-ish years of human history. Seriously, no on...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:47:00 GMT

NPR

Hey there Citizens. We're really excited to report that we're being featured on NPR's Open Mic. Come have a look. They did a really cool job with it. NPR Open Mic Also, I just feel...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:34:00 GMT

Up at Itunes, Tower, and Amazon

Hey there. Just so you know, if you don't want to buy the album from us directly, you can also get it at Itunes, Tower, or Amazon. Just so ya' know. -T
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:05:00 GMT

New Album is READY!!!!!

There you have it. The new album is actually available EARLY!!!! Come and get it. We're really excited about it. I guess that's about all that really matters. GET IT NOW DAMN I...
Posted by on Wed, 24 May 2006 23:51:00 GMT

NEW ALBUM!

Our new CD "Post Cro-Magnon Drift" will be released in early June. cheers, The Citizens
Posted by on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:44:00 GMT

What are you listening to?

Hey. Just curious what new stuff you've been listening to lately that you like a lot. I'm looking for new music. Lemmeknow, -T
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:52:00 GMT