Militarie Gun have announced God Save the Gun, their sophomore album, out on October 17th via Loma Vista. They’ve also revealed “B A D I D E A,” the new album’s latest single, and added a new stretch of 2025 tour dates.
God Save the Gun finds the Ian Shelton-led rock quintet meditating on addiction, self-destruction, and self-belief. “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,” Shelton said in a press release. “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.”
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They’ll be supporting God Save the Gun with a fall US tour taking place across the West Coast. After the band plays Riot Fest in Chicago, their headlining run kicks off a few days later in Oxnard, California on September 24th. They’ll continue on through cities like Oakland, Sacramento, Tacoma, Portland, and Salt Lake City before concluding the tour in Fort Collins, Colorado on October 5th. Tickets for the headlining run are on-sale now via the band’s official website; check out the band’s full list of 2025 tour dates below.
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“B A D I D E A” is the band’s latest offering from God Save the Gun, and it epitomizes the band’s hardcore-meets-power pop approach. Shelton barks out his verses with enthusiasm as the band slowly begins brightening their sound; when they hit the chorus, Shelton spells out the song’s title and concludes “You’ll never get it/ So just forget it.” “B A D I D E A” also arrives with a video directed by Shelton himself, where he and the band celebrate their vices; they fight, run, mosh, and dance. Stream the new song below.
God Save the Gun follows the Los Angeles group’s lauded debut album, 2023’s Life Under the Gun. The band, who landed on our 2024 list of artists to watch, returned last year for a reimagined EP Life Under the Sun and the singles “Gun Under the Gun (MFG)” and “I Thought You Were Waving.” They also reprised their “Pressure Cooker” collaboration with Dazy this year, offering the new song “Tall People Don’t Live Long” back in April.
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God Save the Gun Tracklist:
01. Pt II
02. B A D I D E A
03. Fill Me With Paint
04. Throw Me Away
05. God Owes Me Money
06. Daydream
07. Maybe I’ll Burn My Life Down
08. Kick
09. 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
Militarie Gun 2025 Tour Dates:
09/07 — Garden Grove, CA @ Garden Amp +
09/19 — Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
09/20 — Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest Late Night Show at Metro #
09/24 — Oxnard, CA @ The Elks Lodge ^
09/25 — Bakersfield, CA @ Temblor Brewing ^
09/26 — San Luis Obispo, CA @ Humdinger ^
09/27 — Oakland, CA @ New Paris ^
09/28 — Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial ^
09/30 — Tacoma, WA @ Real Art Tacoma ^
10/01 — Bellingham, WA @ Make.Shift ^
10/02 — Portland, OR @ High Limit Room ^
10/03 — Boise, ID @ Shrine Basement ^
10/04 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell *
10/05 — Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theater ^
10/15 — San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield !
10/16 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium !
+ = w/ Gorilla Biscuits, Cosmic Joke, Start Today
# = w/ Alkaline Trio
^ = w/ Death Lens and Milly
* = w/ Angel Du$t and Fleshwater
! = w/ Sex Pistols
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