Citric Dummies are everything that makes modern rock n’ roll wonderful. Their energy leaps out of the speakers, their tempos will furrow the brow of any fist-pumping speed purist, and their irreverence dances quite artistically on the line between provocative and antagonistic without ever being juvenile or cruel. Indeed, the Minneapolis power trio flex their jester’s privilege on their new album Split With Turnstile with a tongue that has bored entirely through cheek, and spits just a little bit of blood at you. More than anything, Citric Dummies represent a natural progression from bands like Reagan Youth with snappy, fast, and extremely tight drum parts that work the hell out of the closed hi-hat and fall around the speeds of bands like Generacion Suicida, Dark Thoughts, or even The Ergs! Riff-wise, the band has a lot more in common with Barely Legal-era the Hives, Dwarves, and bits of early Arctic Monkeys, while vocalist/bassist “David Lunch” shouts, bellows, and wails throughout Split With Turnstile; a plain departure from what was described as “pretty much doing a Danzig impersonation,” on their 2023 release Zen and the Arcade of Beating Your Ass. Citric Dummies, however, exude a love of absurdity that none of these bands possess. Their pseudonyms for the other 66% of the band on this album are drummer D.V. Tinner and guitarist David Cronutberger. Split With Turnstile by Citric Dummies is out on October 17th through Feel It Records. – Pierce Jordan
01. MULTINATIONAL COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS
02. I DON’T LIKE ANYTHING
03. I CAN’T RELATE
04. I CAN’T STAND THE WEEKEND
05. BILL’S GARDEN (I WANNA LIVE IN)
06. MY LIFE’S A TOTAL SHAM
07. I AM YOUR NAPKIN
08. DROPPED OUT PUNK
09. BOZO BRAIN
10. GRANT RICHARDSON’S BURNING WREKAGE WELCOME HOME (FEAT. LANDON LAMMINGAN & LITTLE
11. CRUISIN’ FOR THE DEAD
12. AIN’T GOT TIME (TO LIVE)
