Citizens Here and Abroad is an indie rock group from San Francisco, California, United States, that formed in 2002.
Citizens Here and Abroad was formed in 2002 when Adrienne Robillard and Dan Lowrie, following the breakup of their previous band Secadora, happened to move into an apartment across the street from Dealership drummer Chris Wetherell.
Taking their name from a 1953 Girl Scout manual discovered on a bookshelf at a boozy Oakland house party,[1] the trio cemented their lineup with Dealership bass player/vocalist Chris Groves.
[2] In 2004, their debut album, Ghosts of Tables and Chairs was released on Omnibus Records.
The band toured the US and the UK in support of the album, and the track Appearances ended up being used in the U.S. television teen soap opera, The O.C.