Life Under The Gun

2023, Jun 23

Apple Spotify Discogs Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore 92 Highly Rated Loma Vista Recordings Indieheads 133 Pitchfork 7.4/10 NME 4/5 The Line of Best Fit 7/10 Paste 8.4/10 Kerrang! 4/5 Rolling Stone 4/5 DIY 4/5 Exclaim! 7/10 Distorted Sound 9/10 Slant 3.5/5 Northern Transmissions 7.5/10 Spectrum Culture 63% Sputnikmusic 3.8/5

Pitchfork 7.4/10 On their debut album, the Los Angeles hardcore band explodes out of the basement show without abandoning its energy and essence.

NME 4/5 With their uber-melodic songs, the West Coast rockers are the standout new band of the current hardcore punk scene

The Line of Best Fit 7/10 On their debut full-length, Militarie Gun accomplish their aim of fusing the melodies and jangly guitar sounds of songwriting influences like Guided By Voices and The Beatleswith the punchiness and energy of the hardcore punk scene in which they honed…

Kerrang! 4/5 Stunning, genre-defying debut offering from idiosyncratic Los Angeles (post-)hardcore outfit Militarie Gun...

Rolling Stone 4/5 'Life Under the Gun' captures what it is to be an artist (or just a human) in a world that’s seemingly out to get you at every turn

DIY 4/5 A potent balancing act of grit, vulnerability and melody.

Distorted Sound 9/10 Jack McGill reviews the debut full-length from Militarie Gun! Read the review of 'Life Under The Gun' here on Distorted Sound!

Slant 3.5/5 Militarie Gun’s ‘Life Under the Gun’ is filled with prickly songs rife with peaks and valleys. Read our review.