David & the Citizens report that they will be officially entering the studio soon to begin work on their third, as-yet-untitled album. More details soon.

David & the Citizens debut US EP on Friendly Fire is now confirmed for March 7. Details here: http://www.friendlyfirerecordings.com/Bands/David/david2.html

Music (for Robots) spotlights David & the Citizens and mentions their upcoming release on US label Friendly Fire: http://music.for-robots.com/archives/001292.html

Adrian Recordings has announced that the upcoming David & the Citizens DVD will be released on March 1. For a taste of what to expect, check out the microsite: http://www.recycled.se/citizens/dvd.htm
Every week for the next 10 weeks, ex-drummer/current guitarist Mikael Carlsson will also be posting old tales from his band journals to the aforementioned site and his first one about how the band came to be is already online.

Since David & the Citizens were forced to cancel their show at Mondo in Stockholm, they'll be trying to make up for it with a gig at KB in Malmö on December 22 with the excellent I'm from Barcelona as support.

Top 10s for 2005: Magnus Bjerkert (Adrian Recordings)

The much-anticipated David & the Citizens show at Mondo on December 2 has been cancelled. Read the full statement: http://www.thecitizens.nu/

David & the Citizens are now on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/davidandthecitizens

Quoteth IAT contributor Jason Christie:

Either way it is immaterial when we put "Mopeds + Review" in the same bracket - you see, you'll know The Mopeds are no upstarts. It can be said they’re a well respected non-Stockholm band. They feature majestic trombonist and everyone's favourite producer/horn player Jens Lindgård (Bob Hund, The Cardigans, Eggstone, Tom Jones, Roxette, Ulf Lundell, St. Etienne, and many more. More recently you have heard them play with the band David & the Citizens and Damn!). Just Google "Jens Lindgård" for a long list of credits. The new disc, what's the deal?
No bloody idea. Have not listened!
Let's guess. The lazy taglines have them alongside fellow Pågs Brainpool and Eggstone, but we know The Mopeds will have gone all McFly on us instead! Mopeds parked up outside the US embassy of radio pop, MTV indie but then with attention to detail "Fortissimo" won't be knocked. They occupy peer status – check that list up above again.
"Fortissimo" will be fast, it'll be furious, it'll mess with your days and fill your nights. That's if you are done with first and second albums "The hills are alive with the sound of mopeds" or "The land of the three" - because without listening, rest assured the review will read positive. There are some things you can rely on.

Couldn't have said it much better myself, and I've actually heard the damn thing. Download a choice track from "Fortissimo" over on the right.

MP3: The Mopeds - Refused demo land

Quoteth IAT contributor Jason Christie:

Either way it is immaterial when we put "Mopeds + Review" in the same bracket - you see, you'll know The Mopeds are no upstarts. It can be said they’re a well respected non-Stockholm band. They feature majestic trombonist and everyone's favourite producer/horn player Jens Lindgård (Bob Hund, The Cardigans, Eggstone, Tom Jones, Roxette, Ulf Lundell, St. Etienne, and many more. More recently you have heard them play with the band David & the Citizens and Damn!). Just Google "Jens Lindgård" for a long list of credits. The new disc, what's the deal?
No bloody idea. Have not listened!
Let's guess. The lazy taglines have them alongside fellow Pågs Brainpool and Eggstone, but we know The Mopeds will have gone all McFly on us instead! Mopeds parked up outside the US embassy of radio pop, MTV indie but then with attention to detail "Fortissimo" won't be knocked. They occupy peer status – check that list up above again."Fortissimo" will be fast, it'll be furious, it'll mess with your days and fill your nights. That's if you are done with first and second albums "The hills are alive with the sound of mopeds" or "The land of the three" - because without listening, rest assured the review will read positive. There are some things you can rely on.

Couldn't have said it much better myself, and I've actually heard the damn thing. Download a choice track from "Fortissimo" over on the right.

The Mopeds - Refused demo land

Check out some pics of David & the Citizens recording their new album out in the Swedish countryside: http://www.homelandhome.com/pictures_citizens1.html

New York-based label Friendly Fire Recordings will be releasing a special new David & the Citizens EP this coming fall featuring six tunes and also a special version of "Until the sadness is gone" with a few extra bonus tracks. More info to come.

David & the Citizens will spend two weeks at the beginning of June recording new material at their countryside recording studio.

David & the Citizens are trying to assemble material for a DVD retrospective and have put out a call for material. They have footage of a lot of early stuff from 2002 and before, but need help with things from 2003 onward. So if you have any sort of video footage, be it from DVcam or cellphone or digital camera or whatever, send it to and they'll love you forever. Or something like that.

Adrian Recordings reports that they now have copies of that Japanese David & the Citizens comp for sale. As mentioned here before, it's a 19-track collection of songs from the band's entire career, including quite a few EP tracks and other rarities. Adrian says they'll be the only people in Europe to carry the title, so head on over if you're interested: http://www.adrianrecordings.com/