Ian Shelton won’t let himself run away from the cold, hard truth. ‘I’ve been drunk every day for a month,’ he declares on Daydream, a song at the midpoint of Militarie Gun ’s second album, as delicate textures of strings and distant acoustic guitar chords afford him very little to hide behind. The vocalist went from devoutly straight edge, thanks to the alcoholism of his mother and grandmother, to a person leaving empty bottles and destruction in his wake. He’s sober now, but God Save The Gun finds him looking at the detritus around him and confronting himself.

Lines like the above are par for the course, and a huge factor in what makes this album so arresting. Take this gem that sits upon the choppy riffs of Kick: ‘If I kicked you in the face / I’m sorry, but I will do it again’. G

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