Militarie Gun reveal details of “vulnerable” new album, God Save The Gun

Militarie Gun have just announced their brand-new album, God Save The Gun.

Following 2023’s brilliant Life Under The Gun debut, the band will unveil album number two on October 17 via Loma Vista, with frontman Ian Shelton admitting of its honest lyrical content: “I’m well aware that being this vulnerable turns my personal trauma into a marketing hook for this album. But I’m fine with it, if not provoking it.

“Over the past couple years, as I spoke about addiction from the perspective of someone affected by it, I became the one struggling with it. There’s a farcical logic to entering a situation, fully knowing the consequences, and doing it anyway – but that’s where my head was when I started leaning on drinking.”

To mark the announcement of the record, Militarie Gun have also unveiled new single B A D I D E A, with Ian revealing of its accompanying music video: “I wanted to make a video that was a celebration of vices, a new iteration of yourself looking back at a moment you made a mistake while never truly reflecting. This was the most technically challenging video we’ve ever done, and it only fits a song spelling out the words ‘bad idea’.”

Watch it now:

Check out the full God Save The Gun tracklist:

1. Pt II
2. B A D I D E A
3. Fill Me With Paint
4. Throw Me Away
5. God Owes Me Money
6. Daydream
7. Maybe I’ll Burn My Life Down
8. Kick
9. Laugh At Me
10. Wake Up And Smile
11. I Won’t Murder Your Friend
12. Isaac’s Song
13. Thought You Were Waving
14. God Save The Gun

And the album cover:

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