The rising LA rock band opened up about the massive response to their debut album, plans for the future, and being more vulnerable in their songwriting Militarie Gun have spoken to NME about their blossoming friendship with Post Malone , and revealed that they have already begun work on new material. The Los Angeles five-piece caught up with us backstage at Reading Festival 2024 , having just flown in from a show in Spain and gearing up to take to the Festival Republic stage. During the discussion, the NME Cover stars opened up about the overwhelmingly positive response they had to their breakthrough debut ‘Life Under The Gun’ , as well as the personal meaning behind ‘Thought You Were Waving’ — their first single of 2024.
The band also reflected on their contribution to the soundtrack of the new WWE game 2k24 , as well as revealing some of the artists they’d most want to collaborate with. Check out the video interview in full above, or read it below. Militarie Gun at Reading Festival 2024.
CREDIT: Andy Ford for NME Welcome to Reading, how are you feeling? Ian Shelton: “We’re doing pretty terrible right now! It really sucks outside. We flew from Spain at 6am, so we went straight from the airport into this shit rain. I’m sure the audience would be great, though.
Mainland Europe is very tame so we’re very excited to be back in the UK where people are fun again.” ‘Life Under The Gun’ has had a great response, especially in the UK. What’s it been like t.