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"Shot Shot". The first track of "In Our Gun" makes you understand exactly what will be the common thread of all Gomez's work: a electro-brit riff with some psychedelic shades, suitable for refined tastes indeed. Following comes "Rex Kramer" which departs a bit from the style of "Shot Shot" winking at the old sound of "Liquid Skin", where Paul Blackburn's voice resembles (as later in all the other tracks) eerily that of Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam). One after another follow "Detroit Swing 60", original and with a truly overwhelming bass and the eponymous "In Our Gun", heartbreaking with Tom Gray's voice disarming you of every thought until reaching the "break" of the track where Gomez places a one-way guitar riff and numerous electro-sounds with a dub timbre, almost to make the listener understand that nothing is taken for granted in their pieces, that nothing should be taken for granted.
Track no. 5 "Even Song", an epochal song in which Paul shifts his vocal timbre a bit making it softer, making the track a beautiful ballad still nuanced with electronic shades, it's pleasant to notice how Paul and Tom hand over the baton regarding vocals in the tracks throughout the album, making the record more pleasant to listen to; indeed, right after "Even Song" comes "Ruff Stuff" the only song with a 100% brit style barely touched by electronics, perfectly suited to Tom's gentle voice. Before track 8 "Army Dub" a stunning dub piece that brands "In Our Gun" as one of the best albums in indie history, there's the melancholic "Sound Of Sound" that relaxes the listener a bit from the sudden accelerations of the previous tracks. But we arrive at the best track of the record: "Army Dub", perfect, I don't need to dwell too much on this song, melodic perfection and an unobtrusive but effective effects work that doesn't disturb at all. The rest of the album flows smoothly, I leave it to those who have never listened to this masterpiece to give a good description of the last tracks...
Eclectic, unique, the Gomez are this and much more; one of the most underrated bands of the '90s and the new century, creators of one of the most beautiful albums of all time, namely "In Our Gun".
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Shot Shot (02:25)
Well hey, how's tricks man
Think I seen you before
Blank blank do ya
You looked a lot older
You been workin' out
Whats wrong with that
Well he came back and
Came marching in
Shot shot to the
He found a good reason
Do it for the money
Whats wrong with that
Control your bad side in to peril
We come down
Hold the line
You'll survive
Dead wrong
So please stop talking
Start puckering up
My ears are blank
Its the special occasions
You do it for the money
Can't go wrong with that
Explode or capsize
Provide my poet
If you're down
Town the line
You're so fine
Dead wrong
02 Rex Kramer (04:30)
I've been lost and now found my way
Take me down and safe
Show me the way
Take me places that I want to stay
Here's to today
Here's to today
I've been knocked but now I'm on my feet
Call or light up whenever I get in this deep
Take me places that I know from sleep
Let me sleep
Let me sleep
Head out
Fade out
Keep the light on
Turn it up
Head out
Fall down now
Keep the light on
Turn it up
I don't, cannot live with things you say
Guys don't want you to let it go anyway
Wake me tenderly and leave me to lay
Let me sleep
Let me sleep
Head out
Fade out
Keep the light on
Turn it up
Head out
Fall down now
Keep the light on
Turn it up
Here's to today
Here's to today
Here's to today
Here's to today
04 In Our Gun (05:14)
The first words that came could've been more inspired
You must be hungry or tired or frozen
So put up your feet, throw some coal on the fire
And weave us a tale of delight
So we sit in our gun and we wait for our turn
We'll be waiting all of the night
So we sit in our gun and we wait for our turn
We'll be waiting all of our lives
We're all to blame
We hide away
Let's take the sand from this bottomless pit
It's hell to pay
So run away
Destroy on command all who came and then quit
It's been carefully planned by the ones you won't see
Send out the monkeys, they come out of the bushes
To piss in the punch and then smash up the decks
It's your party, we're all obliged
So we sit in our gun and we wait for our turn
I think you hurt him, there's blood on the floor
So we sit in our gun, can I ask what you're on?
If you made it there's hope for us all
We're all to blame
We hide away
Let's take the sand from this bottomless pit
There's hell to pay
So run away
Destroy on command all who came and then quit
You're all the same
So hide away
Let's steal the sand from this bottomless pit
08 Army Dub (03:27)
From the bed to the car
Let us stick to you now and then
Move on, move on
Out of school, into home
Let us swallow you whole
Or just hold on, hold on
We were close
Army dub
Not as quick as you run, you run
You run, you run
Brand new shirt
Knackered shoes
Coffee made, office blues
And then run on, run on
Well, who's gonna take it like this?
No way
You are, you are
You are, you are, you are
Who's gonna take it like this?
No way
You are, you are
You are, you are, you are
The one-armed man
The one-armed man
The one-armed man
The one-armed man
The one-armed man
The one-armed man
Who's gonna take it like this?
No way
Who's gonna take it like this?
No way
From the bed, in the car
Let us shower your heart
And then move on, move on
It's the one fatal flaw
Let us swallow you all, you all
You all, you all
We were close
Army dub
Not as quick as you run, you run
You run, you run
Who's gonna take it like this?
No way
Who's gonna take it like this?
No way
I said, you are, you are
You are, you are, you are
Who's gonna take it like this?
No way
I said, you are, you are
You are, you are, you are
(Who's gonna take it like this?
No way
Who's gonna take it like this?
No way
Who's gonna take it like this?
No way)
You are, you are
You are, you are, you are
10 Ping One Down (03:20)
We'll return to the ocean
Ride the tide again
Test the water, jump right in
And try to swim
So ping one down
Let it sink
Sink on down
Like heavy metal
We should take off the lotion
Let the sun shine in
Admire the holes with shaded eyes
And fry again
And ping one down
Let it sink
Sink on down
Like heavy metal
Ping one down
Let it sink
Don't ponce around
Like poor old men
Colour clean
This sterile scene
Move as we please
No use in complaining
Purify now
Saints alive
We're all deprived
Be careful what you're saying
We've been on a safari
Just collecting skin
Head to toe in camouflage
But high again
So ping one down
And let it sink
Sink on down
Like heavy metal
Colour clean
This sterile scene
Move as we please
No use in complaining
Purify now
Saints alive
We're all deprived
Be careful what you're saying
Careful what you're saying
Careful what you're saying
11 1000 Times (04:33)
Nightfall follows the day
You fight with me
Fill me with patience
I was so brave once
You rescued me
Got in my way
A thousand times
Dumbfounded lies
In tidy lines
Let blood flood the town
Thoughts that dwell
On how we fell
That time will tell
A bedside story of
We've heard it before
Unsettled sleep
When will it all stop?
I hear a pin drop
You've answered me
Loud and clear
So know your fate
The time and date
We escalate
We fall on holy ground
Thoughts that dwell
On how we fell
That time will tell
A bedside story of
I'm here
Leave me to wait near
You recognise me
Get in my way, dear
The price to pay, dear
You'll recognise me
I'll be laying
Where your golden light
Where your golden light
A thousand times
In tidy lines
Let blood flood the town
Thoughts that dwell
On how we fell
That time will tell
A bedside story of
12 Drench (04:37)
Come and fight back
Need some help here
Bail us out
In up to our necks
Drenching never stops
Fish us out
There's a light there to steer it
A fear that is peeling
And soaking us up
Into a slow-motion freezer
Division is leaving
Everything stops
It's overexposure
You stop running off on me
It's overexposure
You stop running off
Come and fight back
Need some help here
Bail us out
In up to our necks
Drenching never stops
Fish us out
Did you forget what you came in for?
Still shaking the rain off
Fresh from the storm
So we saved up the good stuff
And scrapped for the liferaft
Pistols at dawn
It's overexposed
And only tit and teeth remain
It's overexposed
Keep your filthy hands off
Come and fight back
Need some help here
Bail us out
Had it up to here
Drenching never stops
Fish us out X4
Fish us out
Fish us out
Fish us out
Fish us out
13 Ballad of Nice & Easy (02:53)
And so we ride on
The ballad of nice and easy
Young and carefree
We're coming along
The ballad of nice and easy
Young and carefree
Two of these kids grew up on the same street
And though some folks blow it, there's no smoke in their eyes
They're tying their dreams with doubled up laces
Falling, free falling, tangled up 'til they die
And so we ride on
The ballad of nice and easy
Young and carefree
We're coming along
The ballad of nice and easy
Young and carefree
'Cause everyone knows they'll get their hands dirty
Ripping at seams and smoking hot knives
But sooner or later there's an end to this candle
We'll burn it at both ends and switch on the light
And so we ride on
The ballad of nice and easy
Young and carefree
We're coming along
The ballad of nice and easy
Young and carefree
And so we ride on
The ballad of nice and easy
Young and carefree
We're coming along
The ballad of nice and easy
Young and carefree
14 Silhouettes (04:38)
There's a place out near the Eighties
South of the border, west of the sun
And if we send out all the A-team
Silhouettes will creep out of the dark
There's a place out in the Nineties
North of the border, east of the light
We can send out all the B-team
Silhouettes will creep out every time
In a time before the Forties
North of the border, south of the sun
Well, we can send out anybody
Silhouettes will creep out of the dark
In a time after the Fifties
South of the border, east of the light
We can send out everybody
Silhouettes will creep out every time
Come all you faithful and rise
Things aren't what they might seem
With all the makeshift lies
You'll never come back clean
You'll never come out clean
Come all you faithful and rise
Things aren't what they might seem
With all the makeshift lies
You'll never come out clean
Come all you faithful and rise
Things aren't what they might seem
With all the makeshift lies
You'll never come back clean
You'll never come out
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