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- Summary: The second full-length release from Los Angeles punk band Militarie Gun features songs co-written with such artists as James Goodson of Dazy, Phillip Odom, and Nick Panella of MSPAINT.
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- Record Label: Loma Vista Recordings
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Hardcore Punk
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Positive: 15 out of 16
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Mixed: 1 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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Nov 7, 2025It’s certainly the band at their most mature, though the excellent, haywire lead single “B A D I D E A” suggests that they’re still happy to turn up the volume and get a little reckless.
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Oct 16, 2025The album ends suddenly and uncertainly. We’re left with plenty to mull over but, equally importantly, a great desire to hear those ginormous hooks all over again.
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Oct 16, 2025The pop-hardcore energy first teased on Life Under the Gun is ever-present, but it’s evolved into something sharper and more refined—a version of the band that feels fully realized. It’s a record that turns struggle into something anthemic, the kind of rock album that demands to be felt as much as it is heard.
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Oct 16, 2025The overstuffed nature of its production choices means that ‘God Save The Gun’ perhaps lacks some of the raw, impactful lucidity of the band’s debut, but it nonetheless overflows with singular, soaring and soulful energy.
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Oct 17, 2025Part of why it feels like such a beast is Shelton’s total frankness and vulnerability across these songs, which, while welcome and galvanising, also feels exhausting in the way watching someone run a marathon does.
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Classic Rock MagazineOct 16, 2025Genre-defying angst never sounded so good. [Nov 2025, p.80]
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Oct 27, 2025The songwriting on songs like “Wake Up and Smile” and “Maybe I'll Burn My Life Down,” while adventurous to a degree, usually delivers the same result: the layering of a few sonic embellishments to rough-edged anthems that end up clashing against each other. But the main offenders are the most straightforward.