Splendid reviews David & the Citizens: http://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1107517196744105

David Fridlund
Amaterasu
Adrian Recordings

If you like David & the Citizens I shall hereby save you a minute or two by informing you that David Fridlund's solo album sounds like David & the Citizens and it's as good. So stop reading and go and buy it now, thank you very much. For all you other people who have never heard David & the Citizens, here you go:

It seems to be quite a trend to release solo albums lately in Sweden, but whereas usually these solo outings take on a completely different form than how the artist's band sounds like (e.g. Fireside's Kristofer Åström, International Noise Conspiracy's Dennis Lyxzen's Last Patrol, or Millencolin's Nikola Sarcevic), David's solo album sounds in fact quite a lot like a D&tC's first album (only a bit slower and less energetic). Even though it would have been interesting with an album that sounded completely different from D&tC, "Amaterasu" is so good that one quickly forget the initial disappointment and such before mentioned speculations, because by calling this just "another D&tC album" what that really equals is "another excellent album."

Another expectation on solo albums is of course for the lyrical content to deal with more personal issues, but if you've heard D&tC you know that their lyrics hardly can be any more personal and intimate. It should also be said that David Fridlund writes excellent lyrics and often manages to come up with lines that cunningly drill themselves into your brain, set root, and refuse to leave (such as "Rub your allergic eyes and look at me" from "Satellite", which is one of the best songs on the album). In the beginning of their career numerous people compared D&tC to Bright Eyes, and that comparison is still valid although "Amaterasu" is not as angst-driven as most of Bright Eyes' material. It's also a quite long album, but it's so varied it hardly ever becomes repetitive, but it's not really amazingly accessible either and it took quite a few listenings before I really got into it.
- Simon Tagestam

David Fridlund doing his solo thing, but his band David & the Citizens aren't exactly taking time off either according to drummer Mikael Carlsson. They're currently working on new material in rehearsal and hope to record something this summer. The music is said to be "approaching darker and harder sides but the music is still very melodic and hummable."

David Fridlund will release "White van" as the next single from his debut solo album "Amaretsu". The disc will be a family affair as it will include "Days That Can Be Ours" from main squeeze Sara Culler and "Bluelipscold" from his brother Joel as b-sides. Look for it on February 21. In other news, Japan's 1977 Records has licensed "Amaretsu" for release and will include the songs "Dollhouse" and "It's all Right, I'm on Your Side" as bonus tracks. 1977 will also be putting out a self-titled David & the Citizens collection featuring a wide selection of the band's catalogue. Here's the tracklist:

01. Betina
02. Let Me Put it This Way
03. Norway, America. Australia
04. Made of Words
05. Of Black n' Blue All Over
06. Glued to the Light
07. STOP!
08. Everything You'll Never See
09. Your Cool Entrance
10. Christmas Eve
11. Big Chill
12. Family Gathering
13. Summer in No-man's-land
14. Time is Nothing
15. Let's Not Fall Apart (EP - Version)
16. Paulie (It's the Work of Evil Minds)
17. Kellerman's Song
18. You're an Angel
19. Brother

No word on when those will be released, but I'm sure I'll get more details soon.

David Fridlund (of David & the Citizens) will embark on a solo tour beginning on February 24. Details soon.

UK-based music blog Lost Music talks a bit about David & the Citizens: http://www.lostmusic.co.uk/article.php?story=20050102111142188

David & the Citizens side-project Homeland extends holiday greetings and has posted some new demo tracks along with some news regarding the forthcoming album: http://www.homelandhome.com/

Top 10s for 2004: Jason Christie

Today's top 10 features Magnus Bjerkert from David & the Citizens reflects back on the group's 10 best gigs of 2004. Check it.

Top 10s for 2004: Magnus Bjerkert (David & the Citizens)

Even though David Fridlund is just about to release his debut solo album, David & the Citizens are most definitely not facing retirement. The full band has been keeping up with steady rehearsals and will be playing a special concert on December 10 at Loppen –in Köbenhavn, Denmark as part of a Morningside Records label night. The band plans to premiere a ton of new material, so it's not to be missed. Other acts on the bill include Delicia Mini, My Friend George and Nikki Sudden.

New mp3 today from David Fridlund. As a lot of you probably already know, David is the frontman for Swedish indierockers David & the Citizens and this track "April & May" is the first single from his debut solo album "Amaterasu", due out December 22 via Adrian Recordings. The style obviously isn't too tremendously different from his previous work, but it's definitely more stripped down and personal. Check it out.

David Fridlund of David & the Citizens will release his debut solo album sometime in December. Adrian Recordings is being ridiculously tight-lipped about it, but they do say that it will contain 14 songs and there's already been a video shot for the first, as-yet-unnamed single. More soon?

The "Independent Sweden" compilation from US/Spanish label Fork Series is finally done, almost a year after it was first announced. Here's the tracklist:

01. David & The Citizens - "New Direction"
02. Niccokick - "Wasted Love"
03. Björn Kleinhenz - "Let's Try"
04. Thomas Denver Jonsson & The September Sunrise - "24 Seven"
05. Ane Brun - "Humming One Of Your Songs"
06. Adria - "Your Shift" *
07. Studio - "Down By The River"
08. Now - "Chin Up" *
09. Kid Commando - "Urban Bushman"
10. CDOASS - "Autovision"
11. Menteroja - "Ho Chi Minh Style"
12. Dr Higgins - "Jag Dansade Ett Liv" *
13. Laakso - "Fight The Fight
14. Celestine - "Beneath Your Sight…" *
15. Sandy Mouche - "Carkeys" *
16. Homeland - "Flood" *
17. Boy Omega - "I Might Not Be Real" *
18. Lemko Hall - "Those Are The Sundogs"
19. The Flu - "Little Friend" *
20. Det Gamla Landet - "Tolv Under" *

* Previously unreleased

David & the Citizens have a new song called "Let me put it this way" up for streaming on their site: http://www.thecitizens.nu/