Glasgow rock stalwarts GUN have today dropped their latest, red hot single; a sleazy, easy groove titled 'Boys Don't Cry'.
A testimony to the glory of hard, loud rock, the single is taken from the Scottish squad’s forthcoming new album, Hombres, set for release on April 12th via Cooking Vinyl. Declared “some of their best songs since Gallus!” by Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris, it is the first album of all new music from the group since 2017’s Favourite Pleasures, which entered the UK official album chart at #16.
Vocalist Dante Gizzi comments, “Boys Don’t Cry is a song about those people who are steeped in a delusion of superiority; they strut through life expecting the world to shower them with favours, oblivious to the reality that humility and genuine effort pave the path to true accomplishment.”
Listen to ‘Boy’s Don’t Cry’ by GUN on the Celtic Official Playlist on Spotify.
The thirteen tracks on Hombres were recorded and produced by Simon Bloor (Trevor Horn) with mixing by Daryl Thorpe (Foo Fighters) at Morsecode Studios and Strongroom Studio. The record boasts guest vocals from Beverley Skeete (Elton John, Chaka Khan, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash), Mary Pearce (Primal Scream, Lionel Ritchie, Chaka Khan) and Sarah-Jane Skeete (Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Bill Wyman) of The Sisterhood on several tracks, as well as a guest performance on the drums from Joe Lazerus of Twin Atlantic.
Dante adds: “Gun have been around for a long time. We’ve done a lot. We’ve released a lot of music. But in some ways it feels like we’re just getting started. We’ve already started writing songs for the next record. We don’t ever want to leave it so long again. This is what we do. We need this band. The pandemic taught us that.”
“I think this record did save us,” declares guitarist Giuliano “Jools” Gizzi. “But now I just want to get out there and play the songs to the fans. Not to waste any more time. People need music. They need to dance and have fun. We’ve all suffered too much. Let the good times roll!”
Eager fans don’t have long to wait. The group recently announced a number of intimate gigs to preview Hombres, in addition to some select Scottish dates with both teatime and evening performances once the album’s out. Tickets are on sale now for all events via https://gun.tmstor.es/.
2024 also marks the 30th anniversary of GUN’s silver-certified, third album Swagger, which stormed into the official UK album chart at #5 and spawned four UK Top 40 singles including smash-hit cover ‘Word Up’ (#8), ‘Don’t Say It’s Over’ (#19), ‘The Only One’ (#29), and ‘Something Worthwhile’ (#39). Their boisterous cover of Cameo’s ‘Word Up’ also earnt the group their first MTV Europe Music Award.
