Militarie Gun Announce New Album God Save the Gun, Share New Video: Watch

Militarie Gun are back in full force. After dropping last year’s single “Thought You Were Waving,” the pop-leaning post-hardcore favourites have announced their next chapter — a new album titled God Save the Gun, arriving October 17th via Loma Vista. It’s the official follow-up to 2023’s Life Under the Gun, and they’ve kicked things off with a punchy, power-chord-packed first single, “B A D I D E A,” complete with a vice-fuelled music video directed by frontman, songwriter, and filmmaker Ian Shelton.

“I wanted to make a video that was a celebration of vices — a new version of yourself looking back at a moment you made a mistake, without truly reflecting,” Shelton says. “This was the most technically challenging video we’ve ever done, and it only fits a song that literally spells out ‘bad idea.’”

Loaded with Shelton’s trademark “ughs,” handclaps, synths, and hooks, “B A D I D E A” offers a taste of the personal themes driving God Save the Gun. Lyrically, the record is described as “an absurdist guide to the intersection of self-destruction and self-belief,” with Shelton reflecting candidly on his own struggles with addiction.

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