On Life Under the Gun - out June 23 - Militarie Gun is filled out by guitarists Nick Cogan (also of Drug Church fame) and Will Acuña, bassist Max Epstein and drummer Vince Nguyen the live lineup has shifted to include bassist Waylon Trim. In the co-producer's chair, alongside Shelton, was Taylor Young. But it's far from bluster and noise: Shelton, whose background is in face-punching hardcore, has blossomed as a singer, composer, lyricist, and performer in an incredibly short time. "For some reason, I feel like there's an invisible enemy on my heels at all times."Īnother minute, he's scheming and enterprising like a young rapper - which makes a certain amount of sense, as Militarie Gun just signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation for management, on top of landing a record deal with Loma Vista.Īll this self-flagellation and slightly deranged ambition - and a whole lot more - made it into Life Under the Gun. "One of my main desires in life is to escape the embarrassment that I feel all the time," he says five minutes in. Talking to him at length is exactly like listening to his music - it's a hilarious, unvarnished, galvanizing, occasionally harrowing experience.
Such is an interview with Shelton that clocks in at nearly two hours, with a full-band follow-up and many intense texts before and after. "You f-ing idiot ," he tells himself out loud, his breath quickening behind a black Zoom screen. I can't believe I'm just now realizing this sucks." Right then Shelton's voice shifts it's like his inner critic has seized the controls. "I did the same resolve on every line on that verse, and I hate it. "The very last line, I keep doing the same resolve on," he tells. "He doesn't sing/ He doesn't sing to me/ When it used to be/ Something I'd like to see," croons Shelton - who in Militarie Gun and his grind band Regional Justice Center, has mostly screamed and barked until his melodic breakthroughs on Life Under the Gun.
It's in the penultimate track, "See You Around" - a keys-and-vocals breather reminiscent of '67 Beatles. The band's lead singer and songwriter didn't notice it until long after said album, Life Under the Gun, went to print. There's a part near the end of Militarie Gun 's debut album that Ian Shelton wishes he could fix.
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