The Paramount

Citizen is an American rock band formed in 2009 in Southeast Michigan and Northwest Ohio. The band consists of Mat Kerekes (vocals), brothers Nick (lead guitar) and Eric Hamm (bass), Mason Mercer (rhythm guitar), and Ben Russin (drums). They are signed to Run for Cover Records. The band has released five studio albums: Youth (2013), Everybody Is Going to Heaven (2015), As You Please (2017), Life in Your Glass World (2021), and Calling the Dogs (2023). They are associated with the fourth wave of emo and have been described as a band their fans can grow up with rather than out of.