Relatively speaking, Citizen aren’t an old band. Formed in 2009 and breaking-out a decade ago with Will Yip-produced debut LP Youth, they’re roughly of the same generation as enduring heroes Turnover, Turnstile and Basement. Where those acts are still building on their striking formulae, though, the Michigan crew seem to have watched that aforementioned youth pass them by, and album five bears many of the hallmarks of awkward alt. rock middle-aged malaise. That’s not to say Calling The Dogs is bad. From the moment freewheeling opener Headtrip trickles from the speakers, delivering angsty lyrics (‘I want to be a big, strong soldier / Go out with a gun to the throat / I want to have a big headstone, yeah…’) over easy indie-rock instrumentation, it is eminently l...