Militarie Gun are all fired up and ready to go. Following last year’s “Thought You Were Waving” single, the pop-forward post-hardcore favorites have announced they’re jumping back into the album game with a new longplayer titled God Save the Gun.
Today’s (August 12th) announcement confirms that the band’s next LP, the proper follow-up to 2023’s Life Under the Gun, is due October 17th via Loma Vista. They’ve also just delivered a vice-centered new music video for punchy and power-chord-poppy first single “B A D I D E A,” with the visuals being directed by frontman, songwriter and filmmaker Ian Shelton.
“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,” he commented. “This was the most technically challenging video we’ve ever done and it only fits a song spelling out the words ‘bad idea.’”
The song arrives with plenty of signature, Shelton-style “ughs,” handclaps, synths and more, and also points to the personal nature of his lyrics on God Save the Gun. Lyrically, the album is said to be “an absurdist guide to the intersection of self-destruction and self-belief,” with Shelton personally taking stock of addiction struggles he’s had.
“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,” he added.
“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.”
You can check out Militarie Gun’s latest track up above, while the cover art and tracklisting is down below. The album is available for pre-order in an array of collectible formats including a Revolver-exclusive “transparent blue” vinyl variant limited to 300. Order yours here.
Miitarie Gun will be opening for Gorilla Biscuits at Garden Grove, California’s Garden Amp on September 7th and will also be appearing at Riot Fest in Chicago before they launch a headlining West Coast run at the end September. You’ll find date details below.
God Save the Gun tracklisting:
Pt II
B A D I D E A
Fill Me With Paint
Throw Me Away
God Owes Me Money
Daydream
Maybe I’ll Burn My Life Down
Kick
Laugh At Me
Wake Up And Smile
I Won’t Murder Your Friend
Isaac’s Song
Militarie Gun tour dates 2025:
9/7 Garden Grove, CA – Garden Amp +
9/19 Chicago, IL – Riot Fest ^
9/20 Chicago, IL – Riot Fest Late Night Show at Metro #
9/24 Oxnard, CA – The Elks Lodge ^
9/25 Bakersfield, CA – Temblor Brewing ^
9/26 San Luis Obispo, CA – Humdinger ^
9/27 Oakland, CA – New Paris ^
9/28 Sacramento, CA – Cafe Colonial ^
9/30 Tacoma, WA – Real Art Tacoma ^
10/1 Bellingham, WA – Make.Shift ^
10/2 Portland, OR – High Limit Room ^
10/3 Boise, ID – Shrine Basement ^
10/4 Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell *
10/5 Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theater ^
+ with Gorilla Biscuits, Cosmic Joke, Start Today and more
# with Alkaline Trio
^ with Death Lens and Milly
* with Fleshwater & Angel Dust