PAPER CITIZEN

Paper Citizen is a LA-based indie rock project led by Singaporean singer-songwriter, violinist, guitarist and music producer, Claire Gohst. Gohst found her community in Singapore’s music scene, learning how to play and sing top 40 American songs to entertain tourists and locals. After half a decade of honing her singing and violin skills in bars, clubs, and restaurants, Gohst realized she needed to grow in order to develop her musicality. With the opportunity of a scholarship and the promise of a new beginning, Gohst moved to Boston to study jazz violin and recording arts at Berklee College of Music. For Gohst—who lived and breathed American music—studying at Berklee was a dream come true, and she remembers those times fondly, “through singing, tears and beers.” It was during this time that Gohst’s love for songwriting, music production, and the expansive palette of the electric guitar flourished. With influences ranging from spiritual, rock, alternative, and electronic music, Paper Citizen was born and released its debut EP in 2016, Postcards in Transit. In 2019, Gohst moved to Los Angeles and immersed herself in the city’s music and queer scene, playing dozens of shows across Southern California, while releasing a series of singles and EP’s. Describing her music as “Indie-rock for a lost soul in a new world,"" Paper Citizen has garnered critical acclaim from American Songwriter, Guitar Girl Magazine, Vanyaland, Autostraddle, and Guitar World, who wrote “Claire Gohst delivers a riveting slate of bold, punchy alt-rock hooks slathered in overdrive, soaring and impassioned singing that tears through the mix with electrifying aplomb, and even a slither of dreamy, weathered acoustic folk balladry.



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