MILITARIE GUN SHARE NEW SINGLE / VIDEO “THROW ME AWAY”
ANNOUNCE HEADLINE UK / EU TOUR DATES
THE BAD IDEA TOUR KICKS OFF THIS OCTOBER
GOD SAVE THE GUN DUE OCTOBER 17TH VIA LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS
Militarie Gun by Nolan Knight
Following the announcement of their new album God Save The Gun due 17th October via Loma Vista Recordings, Militarie Gun share new single “Throw Me Away”, a melodic anthem which showcases vocalist and primary songwriter Ian Shelton’s distinct talent for mixing hyper-energetic songwriting with heavy lyrical content in a way that hits that much harder.
We hear Shelton on the precipice of downfall with “B A D I D E A” and with “Throw Me Away”, we dive with him into the valleys of self-doubt. Additionally, “Throw Me Away” arrives with a performance video directed by Shelton. God Save The Gun will also include the aforementioned single “B A D I D E A”, which arrived with a video directed by Shelton and aired on Apple Music’s New Music Daily Radio with Zane Lowe. To usher in the God Save The Gun era, Shelton sat with Rolling Stone to discuss the meaning behind the forthcoming album, how it came to be, and more. Read the piece HERE.
Speaking about the meaning behind the new single, Shelon shares, “‘Throw Me Away’ is about the feeling of only being valued when you’re visible or useful and the desperate need to hold onto that. What someone loves about you one day might be cited as a reason they hate you now. It’s the desire for external validation and also the deep resentment of it.”
Listen to “Throw Me Away” HERE
Watch the “Throw Me Away” video HERE
Pre-order/save God Save The Gun HERE
Additionally, Militarie Gun announce their headline Europe and UK dates with support from White Reaper and Spite House, today. The EU / UK tour will kick off January 21st in Portugal, Porto and wrap up February 17th in Dublin, Ireland.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, 12th September at 10am: www.militariegun.com/
God Save The Gun is a very human document of being at your worst when you should be on top of the world – an absurdist guide to the intersection of self-destruction and self-belief. “I’m well aware that being this vulnerable turns my personal trauma into a marketing hook for this album,” Shelton says. “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.” Militarie Gun’s 2023 debut album, Life Under The Gun was centred around lifelong cycles of hurt, with the singer looking back at growing up with family members struggling with addiction, and while God Save The Gun is still tethered to that history, this time, he’s not the witness – he’s the protagonist. It wasn’t until the band was scheduled to enter the studio in early 2025 that Shelton realised he was the one who needed to hear God Save The Gun’s message.
Despite all of the inner turmoil leading to God Save The Gun, Shelton and his bandmates – guitarists William Acuña and Kevin Kiley, bassist Waylon Trim, and drummer David Stalsworth – more than rose to the challenge of following up Militarie Gun’s acclaimed debut. Stalsworth, Trim, and Kiley all joined during Life Under The Gun’s extensive touring cycle after a series of member shakeups that would hobble most bands, but only made Militarie Gun stronger.
Along with the honed in line up, God Save The Gun was created with a village of new and old collaborators. Shelton continued his creative relationship with songsmith Phillip Odom, co-wrote with longtime conspirator and frequent harmoniser James Goodson of Dazy, and newly tapped Nick Panella of MSPAINT, among others. Militarie Gun also worked with producer/engineer Riley MacIntyre (Arlo Parks, The Kills), who was chosen not only to make the songs sound huge, but also to access the sentiments behind them.
Miliatrie Gun’s debut album Life Under The Gun was one of 2023’s most celebrated albums, released to praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, NME, Revolver, Stereogum, SPIN, Paste, The FADER, and more. Last year, Militarie Gun released the Life Under The Sun EP, which saw reimaginations of tracks from their debut album with assistance from friends and collaborators including Bully, Manchester Orchestra, and Mannequin Pussy. Militarie Gun also released the Life Under The Sun mini-documentary which sees the band and a host of their Life Under The Sun EP collaborators reunite at Manchester Orchestra’s Atlanta studio to further reimagine the tracks featured on their aforementioned EP, with guest performances from Manchester Orchestra, Marisa Dabice of Mannequin Pussy, and Christine Goodwyne of Pool Kids, who steps in for Alicia Bognanno of Bully for a performance of “Never Fucked Up Twice”. Also last year, Militarie Gun shared “Gun Under The Gun (MFG)”, which was created for the new WWE 2K24 video game as the walk-in music for Post Malone’s wrestling character. Post Malone also included “Do It Faster” on his curated playlist for the WWE 2K24 soundtrack.
Check out “Throw Me Away” and pre-order / save God Save The Gun above, see full live dates and album details below and stay tuned for more from Militarie Gun coming very soon.
Upcoming Live Dates
# with Alkaline Trio
^ with Death Lens and Milly
* with Fleshwater & Angel Dust
% with Liquid Mike and Public Opinion
10/09 – London, UK – Bread & Butter (Clash Live Presents)
11/09 – London, UK – Bermondsey Social Club (Sold Out)
18/09 – Brooklyn, NY – Alphaville (Sold Out)
19/09 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest ^
20/09 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest Late Night Show at Metro #
24/09 – Oxnard, CA – The Elks Lodge ^
25/09 – Bakersfield, CA – Temblor Brewing ^
26/09 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Humdinger ^
27/09 – Oakland, CA – New Parish ^
28/09 – Sacramento, CA – Cafe Colonial ^
30/09 – Tacoma, WA – Real Art Tacoma ^
01/10 – Bellingham, WA – Make.Shift ^
02/10 – Portland, OR – High Limit Room ^
03/10 – Boise, ID – Shrine Basement ^
04/10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell *
05/10 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theater ^
25/10 – Palm Springs, CA @ Hotel Zoso %
26/10 – Henderson, NV @ Grey Witch %
29/10 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck %
30/10 – Des Moines, IA @ xBk %
31/10 – Louisville, KY @ Camp Spaceman %
01/11 – Columbus, OH @ Dirty Dungarees %
02/11 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Bottlerocket Social Hall %
04/11 – Troy, NY @ No Fun %
06/11 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs %
07/11 – Amityville, NY @ Amityville Music Hall %
08/11 – Lakewood, NJ @ Maggie’s Bar & Grill %
09/11 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar %
11/11 – Richmond, VA @ The Warehouse %
12/11 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy %
14/11 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern %
15/11 – Hattiesburg, MS @ Fat Cat %
16/11 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa %
18/11 – Houston, TX @ Secret Group %
19/11 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger %
21/11 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head %
22/11 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad %
2026 UK / EU
* w/ Spite House
^w/ White Reaper
#University (opener London only)
01/21 – Porto, PT @ Casa De Musica*
01/22 – Lisbon, PT @ Sala 2*
01/23 – Madrid, ES @ Sala Corpernico*
01/24 – Barcelona, ES @ La Nau*
01/25 – Lyon, FR @ La Marquise*
01/27 – Bern, CH @ ISC Club Bern*
01/29 – Munich, DE @ Backstage Club*
01/30 – Cologne, DE @ MTC*
01/31 – Hamburg, DE @ Molotow*
02/01 – Berlin, DE @ Mikropol*
02/03 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Bar Brooklyn*
02/04 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteateret*
02/05 – Copenhagen, DK @ Ideal Bar (Vega)*
02/07 – Tilburg, NL @ Ladybird Skatepark*
02/08 – Brussels, BE @ Rotonde – Botanique*
02/09 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie*
02/11 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom^#
02/12 – Portsmouth, UK @ KOLA^
02/13 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach^
02/14 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club^
02/15 – Glasgow, UK @ Beech Avenue Social Club^
02/17 – Dublin, IE @ Button Factory^
God Save The Gun album artwork | Download HI-Res HERE
Militarie Gun
God Save The Gun
Out October 17th
Loma Vista Recordings
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
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