Hurry Up Shotgun - Hurry Up Shotgun

Since last hearing from Hurry Up Shotgun, they’ve scaled down to a three piece. Although, I’m not entirely sure if that was the case when they recorded this Self-Titled follow up to their debut record Hold the Angle. Either way, they’ve decided to stick it out as a trio. This record has been in my ears in some way or another for the past couple or so months, as one Conan Neutron (Victory and Associates) has been dishing out songs from it on turntable.fm quite regularly and with good reason. The album shows a dramatic leap for these guys. While I was a fan of their debut, it was distinctively west coast in that mid-nineties indie/mathy sort of way. And while that’s not a bad deal to find oneself in, it’s one that is in no doubt pretty well saturated. Hurry Up Shotgun still puts their stamp of locale here on the bands latest effort, but things have changed. They’ve taken great strides as songwriters and there is reason to believe that they are just beginning to fire on all cylinders.

At the heart of it all, the bands second album is very much a giant rock record. One that goes back through decades of filled arenas and takes note of the energy and power that can be achieved or captured on occasion. They do so by stringing together some subtle progressive arrangements with the bands natural rougher indie beginnings. All of this is merely a platform for the bands cannon of large riffs to be further propped up by Austin Pitts’ vocals, which sound as if they were transported to the present straight from some sold out stadium show in the seventies. Hurry Up Shotgun may not be playing to a similar sized crowd, but there is no arguing that the music featured here is filled with the type of ambition that could open eyes or could fall victim of over thinking and quickly become a mess of things. I have to commend them for being willing to even take that risk when not many will. Thankfully in the end it has worked out quite well for them and hope there is more to come…

Hurry Up Shotgun – Gravity (stream)

Anyone looking to pick this up can do so by simply hitting up the groups Bandcamp. I believe that it will be available on vinyl sometime in the near future through Seismic Wave for those that wish to hold out for that. Either way, enjoy!