i hear you want some.

Not thirty seconds into the unfortunately short "Overseas," it's clear why reviews of Citified's self-titled debut had suggested a similarity to R.E.M., but what's unclear is why I still am taken with them. Other points of reference include Red House Painters for their fresh and jangly, warm and atmospheric and all-too-brief album. Citified hail from Greensboro, North Carolina and formed from the ashes of frontman Chris Jackson's Lookwell.

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Just in case you stopped reading after "R.E.M." I should advise that you may enjoy "Secret Knock" enough that you briefly consider your logic for disliking R.E.M. and may remind you how excited you are for the next Now It's Overhead album. I can also hear similarities to Longwave. Anyway...



Citified's "Secret Knock"
& "Overseas"
from Citified