"Calling the Dogs" is an album that opens looking inward and closes looking outward. It's an album that considers the people we become as a result of the people that surround us. It marks a new era of the band not only in personnel, but also breathes new air thematically. It's a record of self reflection, as well as one that exercises anger in a matter more direct than ever before. Channeling artists like the Ramones, Violent Femmes and Bloc Party, "Calling the Dogs" feels like a new chapter for Citizen. Songs like opener "Headtrip" and lead single `If You're Lonely" grip like signature Citizen songs inflused with a new energy and infectiousness by producer Rob Schnapf. Like their 2021 album Life In Your Glass World, there's a clear influence of NYC ... read more