The British quartet Citizens! whose critically acclaimed debut album Here We Are came out in 2012 is back with the new single ‘Lighten Up’ and a video by directors Focus Creeps (who made ‘Are You Mine?’ by the Arctic Monkeys and ‘Easy Easy’ by King Krule). The video was made interactive by Parisian digital agency Ginger.

Citizens! is one of these British bands capable of reinventing indie pop on the dancefloor, and this new single is proof of that. ‘Lighten Up’ combines a European pop format with the texture and emotion of American soul. It was produced by Laurent d’Herbecourt (who collaborated on Phoenix’s last album), a role previously held by Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos.

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