Blog: Some Of It Was True!

"Pop music that was imaginative, exciting and interesting.”  That's what London fivepiece Citizens  set out to produce on their debut album, Here We Are (out now via Kitsuné ), and, on the evidence of the two songs below, they flipping nailed it.  Pop's very much the word: this is fun, chirpy, cheery and frivolous, but in a very talented way.  True Romance (the first) has the additional boon of being recorded with Franz Ferdinand and Alex Kapranos.   Reptile  (the second) is a bit Eugene McGuinness, which is no bad thing. (via Trendland ) [...]