A particularly powerful album. Citizen are now where they want to be, and they’ve done it their way, winding up with their strongest work to date.
Many of the songs feature undeniably danceable beats along with grooving guitar lines, making for their most confident body of work to date.
The band have landed between the dense atmospherics of what has come before and a newfound desire to seriously up the energy.
A composed and well-thought-out record, Life In Your Glass World doesn’t exactly shatter expectations, but what it does showcase is a talented band operating with a fully-fledged confidence and faith in their craft.
Citizen is easily one of my favorite bands. Youth and As You Please were both two of my top favorite albums from the last decade, so when Life In Your Glass World was first announced, I was obviously extremely hyped.
One of my favorite things about Citizen is that they reinvent their sound each album without fail. You can find a good mix of sounds throughout their discography, with post-hardcore, grunge, indie rock, alternative rock, pop punk, and emo being the best way to explain their ... read more
citizen move away from their previously established soft emo sound and make a dance punk album reminiscent of the first two death from above (who coincidentally also released an album today) albums. it works way better than i expected, and i personally think this is their second best album. in between these incredible fun dance punk tracks, there are also a few softer and more emotional tracks that is more similar to their earlier work.despite being different from their other albums, i think ... read more
Recalling the vibes of mid 2000s Bloc Party/Foo Fighters/Dukes Of Windsor/Franz Ferdinand and blending the best of straight up modern rock bands that cut their teeth recently in the 2010s.
Citizen are here somehow in #2021 and without reinventing the wheel have seemingly managed to casually oust many of these artists and their recent output almost entirely under the radar and unseen.
Contrastly the contemporaries sound like they’re sweatily heating up the gymnasium dancefloor busting ... read more
Citizen shine with their diversity and evolution as Life in Your Glass world sees them delving into Post-Punk incredibly tastefully. Life in Your Glass World punches, and punches hard, when it needs to but also isn't afraid to strip back and create an emotional and touching ballad.
I don't know who hurt Mat but god damn his writing is on point and I love how this album explores themes of mental health, relationships, and growing up with such care and relatability.
Just some solid indie-rock type stuff. And it never really dips in quality. I very much enjoyed Fight Beat, which everyone else seems to think is the low point of the album.
Theres a lot of things this album does that some people may perceive as bad that i find very good. The similar chord structures on most of the tracks for example i find to be a good way to tie the album together, and as long as you shift around in genre and style i don’t see a problem with using similar chord structures. I think this album conveys the decay of a troubled relationship masterfully and does a great job representing each facet of the relationship and why it ended, with it all ... read more
1 | Death Dance Approximately 4:07 | 93 |
2 | I Want To Kill You 3:12 | 89 |
3 | Blue Sunday 3:53 | 89 |
4 | Thin Air 3:03 | 80 |
5 | Call Your Bluff 3:25 | 81 |
6 | Pedestal (Explicit) 3:13 | 82 |
7 | Fight Beat 2:53 | 76 |
8 | Black And Red 2:53 | 79 |
9 | Glass World 3:25 | 91 |
10 | Winter Buds 4:08 | 84 |
11 | Edge Of The World 3:28 | 87 |
#28 | / | Chorus.fm |
#37 | / | The Alternative |