Citizen

Citizen is the Midwest emo/post-hardcore band led by Mat Kerekes, actively sharing live material online; the latest public uploads on SoundCloud under citizen-music include Ten, Ring of Chain, Heaviside, and Dive Into My Sun, all tagged “Live in Detroit” from November 21, 2025. Their Instagram handle is Citizentheband and their X/Twitter home has long carried the @CitizenMi tag, so that’s where visual updates and announcements tend to land. Sonically they fuse emo urgency with post-hardcore propulsion and shoegaze texture, a blend that plays great on headphones and in live rooms; their studio catalog spans Youth, Everybody Is Going to Heaven, As You Please, Life in Your Glass World, and Calling the Dogs.