The Anti Citizens

The last dance. The final sermon. The Anti Citizens will hold their final show as a college band on May 11th at The Unitarian Church of Amherst. Doors at 7. @andbrian_band opens at 7:30. New music, old music, and covers you can sing along to. Listen to this chapter’s finale. Monday. We will see you there. #theanticitizens #amherst #band #umass #amherstcollege

The Anti Citizens will release their debut EP ‘Keeper Of Joy’ on September 19th. Presave in the link in bio. Mixed by Ben Rogers at @loudsunstudio Mastered by Will Killingsworth at @dead_air_studios Artwork by Karma Griggs Photo by @media.ramos Nothing here can save us.

You are cordially invited to The Wedding. Final show Monday May 11th at 7pm. Amherst Unitarian Church. RSVP below. Bring your best dress. Doors 7pm @andbrian_band 7:30pm The Anti Citizens 8pm #theanticitizens #wedding #weddingphotos #rsvp

Today we play at 5pm @ UMass Campus Pond with the Fine Arts Center for Founders Day. Join us for a couple new ones and a couple of certified (✅) anti citizens (❌) classics 💥🧾

READY FOR THE BEST NIGHT OF THE SEMESTER? 🎸☀️ Amherst College presents the 2026 Amherst Spring Concert! We’re bringing the heat to Lefrak Gym on April 25th with a lineup you don’t want to miss: 🔥 KYLE (@superduperkyle ) 🎸 Hot Chelle Rae (@hotchellerae ) 🎤 + Student Opener @theanticitizens 🗓️ WHEN: April 25th, 2026 📍 WHERE: Lefrak Gymnasium doors at 7:30 PM | TICKETS: FREE for Amherst Students, $15 for 5-College Students Keep the energy going at the OFFICIAL AFTER-PARTY! 📍Lefrak Gymnasium 🕙 10:30 PM – 2:00 AM Don’t be the one watching it on everyone else’s story. See you there! 🫵✨

Amherst College… For your consideration… Spring Concert. April 25th. Vote The Anti Citizens. #theanticitizens #band #amherst #collegeband

The Anti Citizens play THE ZÜ again THIS FRIDAY, for 5-college benefit show SONGS FOR SOLIDARITY. Proceeds go to Sameer Project for Palestine and Kharthoum Aid Kitchen for Sudan. Entry is free; merch, art, and zines will be available for donations. Come see your favorite band with new music and better theatrics on the 27th at 8pm. photo by @media.ramos #theanticitizens #umass #amherst #mountholyoke #benefitshow

Zü was biblical stay tuned for more shows x #theanticitizens #priest #ahumdulillah

We play THE ZÜ this SATURDAY at 10PM. NEW music. OLD music. A BAND a UMASS frat ONCE called “GOONERS.” OUR longest SHOW [[yet]]. PLEASE join us @ 62 SNELL ST, AMHERST, MA to PRAY for the NEW conclave. #theanticitizens #westernmass #music #band

WE’RE BACK! Thank you for everyone who came out to see our show, and to welcome our new guitarist… VICA HENRY (@vicaanik ) to the band!! We have lots of plans for next spring, so stay tuned and stream KEEPER OF JOY. We’ll get it right this way around. #theanticitizens #bandisbacktogether

UPDATE!! Our previously Friday concert at Marsh house with @_thetwolips_ and @sunspot.band is now a SATURDAY concert at the Friedmann room in Keefe Campus Center (if you don’t know where that is, follow the sound of music). See you there!! Spread the word!!

Our first EP, ‘Keeper Of Joy,’ is out now. Long live The Anti Citizens. The “Keeper Of Joy” was an inside joke Rob and I made up during COVID whenever a seemingly world-ending event occurred. Whenever a new nuclear pact was signed or a state building was stormed by neo nazis, we would say “The Keeper is knocking.” It was definitely a coping mechanism. There’s more to it, but if you want the lore drop, check out our website theanticitizens.com that I spent a month making. These songs were written when I was 14-17, a time where I had very little hope not only for the world but for myself. Everyone has their own response to nihilism, to their own Keeper of Joys, and music was mine. It was my way of extending my voice as a victim in an environment that would rather laugh off vulnerability. That is the motto of The Anti Citizens – to encourage those who feel voiceless to be loud and disruptive. I’ve been living in Nepal for the past couple weeks, and just recently 20 students and children were shot dead by the police for protesting against their government’s corruption and institutional nepotism. The next day, the entire city was up in flames, with chants of empowerment coming from both the youth and other marginalized communities. Last week, the first woman Prime Minister was elected to an interim government through a Discord call. Even in the face of death, many refused to be voiceless. This EP is dedicated to the Nepali youth and to the hope that we can all save ourselves. I will be playing these songs in Kathmandu, and we will be playing them after we all get back together. We can never stop shouting, we can never stop singing, we can never stop playing. We are just getting started. Love, Jackson and The Anti Citizens KEEPER OF JOY Recorded by Luca Clark and Jackson Hersom Mixed by Ben Rogers at @loudsunstudio Mastered by Will Killingsworth at @dead_air_studios Jackson Hersom on vocals, guitar, and hand percussion Tyler Bean on bass Luca Clark on trumpet Kaisar Perry on drums Robert Marshall on synthesizer Phoebe Nielsen on flute Joseph Sweeney on sax #theanticitizens #keeperofjoy