{"id":2393917,"date":"2026-04-29T03:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2393917"},"modified":"2026-04-29T03:11:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:11:46","slug":"citizen-announce-new-album-halcyon-blues-hear-highs-and-lows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/citizen-announce-new-album-halcyon-blues-hear-highs-and-lows\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen Announce New Album &#8216;Halcyon Blues&#8217;: Hear &#8220;Highs And Lows&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In 2023, Citizen released their fifth album, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2230424\/citizen-if-youre-lonely\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Calling The Dogs<\/a><\/em>. Mat Kerekes shared his fourth solo LP, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2284587\/stream-mat-kerekes-gorgeous-new-album-to-dream-of-something-wicked\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To Dream Of Something Wicked<\/a><\/em>, the following year. Now the Toledo emo band is back with the announcement of <em>Halcyon Blues<\/em>, arriving in August.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s about unexpected change,&#8221; Kerekes says of the record. &#8220;You think you know everything, you think you have everything figured out, and then all of the sudden you don&#8217;t. Everything&#8217;s different, for better and for worse. Sometimes it&#8217;s really hard but ultimately it might be for the best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Halcyon Blues<\/em> was recorded by Kerekes in his home studio in Toledo and mixed by Tom Lorde-Alge (U2, Weezer). The lead single &#8220;Highs And Lows&#8221; is out today, and it&#8217;s as infectious as it is dark. It also comes with the announcement of a huge worldwide tour with openers like Anxious, Hotline TNT, Rocket, and more. Below, check out the &#8220;Highs And Lows&#8221; video directed by Josh Pfaff.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Citizen - &quot;Highs and Lows&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j8APlgvLV6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>TRACKLIST:<br \/>01 &#8220;Good Fortune&#8221;<br \/>02 &#8220;I Can See You From Here&#8221;<br \/>03 &#8220;Halcyon Blues&#8221;<br \/>04 &#8220;Is It In My Brain&#8221;<br \/>05 &#8220;Always The Last One To Leave&#8221;<br \/>06 &#8220;Either Way&#8221;<br \/>07 &#8220;Matador&#8221;<br \/>08 &#8220;Ether&#8221;<br \/>09 &#8220;Smooth Talker&#8221;<br \/>10 &#8220;Highs And Lows&#8221;<br \/>11 &#8220;Anne&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TOUR DATES:<br \/>05\/16\/26\u00a0\u2013 Columbus, OH @ Historic Crew Stadium (Sonic Temple)<br \/>06\/14\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Washington, DC @ Warped Tour<br \/>06\/25\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Long Beach, CA @ Warped Tour<br \/>08\/18\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Chicago, IL @Thalia Hall *<br \/>08\/19\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *<br \/>08\/21\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall *<br \/>08\/22\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron *<br \/>08\/23\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE *<br \/>08\/25\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Toronto, CA @ Danforth Music Hall*<br \/>08\/28\/26\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel *<br \/>08\/29\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *<br \/>08\/30\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues *<br \/>09\/01\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring *<br \/>09\/02\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa *<br \/>09\/04\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live *<br \/>09\/05\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution *<br \/>09\/07\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Heaven) *<br \/>09\/09\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Austin, TX @ Emo\u2019s *<br \/>09\/10\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory *<br \/>09\/11\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theatre *<br \/>09\/13\/26 \u2013\u00a0Mexico City, MX @ Warped Tour *<br \/>09\/15\/26 \u2013 Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theater *<br \/>09\/17\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium *<br \/>09\/18\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom *<br \/>09\/19\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades *<br \/>09\/21\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom*<br \/>09\/22\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo *<br \/>09\/24\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell at The Complex *<br \/>09\/26\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre *<br \/>09\/28\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn *<br \/>09\/30\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater *<br \/>10\/01\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave *<br \/>10\/02\/26\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre *<br \/>10\/24\/26\u00a0\u2013 London, UK @ Earth Hall ^<br \/>10\/25\/26\u00a0\u2013 Leeds, UK @ Stylus ^<br \/>10\/27\/26\u00a0\u2013 Glasgow, UK @ TV Studio ^<br \/>10\/28\/26\u00a0\u2013 Manchester, UK@ Academy 2 ^<br \/>10\/29\/26\u00a0\u2013 Bristol, UK @ The Prospect Building ^<br \/>10\/31\/26\u00a0\u2013 Hamburg, DE @ Gruenspan #\u00a0<br \/>11\/02\/26\u00a0\u2013 Berlin, DE @ Columbia Theater #\u00a0<br \/>11\/03\/26 \u2013 Cologne, DE @ Die Kantine #<br \/>11\/04\/26\u00a0\u2013 Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat #<br \/>02\/26\/27\u00a0\u2013 Brisbane, AU @ The Tivoli $<br \/>02\/27\/27\u00a0\u2013 Sydney, AU @ Liberty Hall $<br \/>02\/28\/27\u00a0\u2013 Melbourne, AU @ Forum $<br \/>03\/03\/27\u00a0\u2013 Adelaide, AU @ The Gov $<br \/>03\/04\/27\u00a0\u2013 Perth, AU @ Magnet House $<\/p>\n<p>* w\/ Anxious, Hotline TNT, Rocket, Cryogeyser\u00a0<br \/>^ w\/ Modern Color, thistle.<br \/># w\/ Modern Color<br \/>$ w\/ Drug Church<\/p>\n<p><em>Halcyon Blues<\/em> is out 8\/7 via Run For Cover. Pre-order it <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/citizenmi.lnk.to\/halcyonblues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Atiba Jefferson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source stereogum.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023, Citizen released their fifth album, Calling The Dogs. Mat Kerekes shared his fourth solo LP, To Dream Of Something Wicked, the following year. Now the Toledo emo band is back with the announcement of Halcyon Blues, arriving in August. &#8220;It&#8217;s about unexpected change,&#8221; Kerekes says of the record. &#8220;You think you know everything, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2393918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2393917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Citizen-Announce-New-Album-Halcyon-Blues-Hear-Highs-And-Lows.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393919,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393917\/revisions\/2393919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}