Different Press teamed up with Citizen for an unique blue and purple swirl vinyl variant of Calling the Canines, restricted to 400 copies. Head to the AP Store to snag yours.
Ever since their debut report, Youth, followers have come of age alongside Citizen’s raucous, open-hearted rock. On their fifth studio album, Calling the Canines, nevertheless, the band sound reenergized, leaning into the cathartic, guitar-driven music that they do finest and peeling away expectations of what they need to sound like. Produced by Rob Schnapf, the album marks their first time working with a producer in six years, in addition to their preliminary outing writing with their latest members, Mason Mercer and Ben Russin. From the fast-moving “Hyper Trophy” to the catchy storage rock of “After I Let You Down,” Citizen are clearly nonetheless having a blast writing tunes collectively. By all of it, Calling the Canines stays poignant from begin to end because the band take time to replicate on their very own development and resilience.
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“Calling the Canines is a report that doesn’t take itself too significantly,” vocalist Mat Kerekes tells AP. “I really feel like folks have these expectations of Citizen of what we should always and what we shouldn’t sound like. We will do what we wish, and it doesn’t actually matter.”
The band’s world tour in assist of Calling the Canines launches later this month in Indianapolis on Oct. 18. They’ll additionally make a cease in Las Vegas to play When We Have been Younger Competition on Oct. 21. In February, Citizen will head abroad for a U.Ok./EU run.
In honor of its launch, Kerekes gave us a whole breakdown of their newest album, which you’ll watch under.
