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GUNSHIP - Monster in Paradise (2023)
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- Title
- Monster in Paradise (feat. Milkie Way, Dave Lombardo, Tyler Bates)
- Authors
- GUNSHIP - Topic
- Duration
- 5:31
- Published
- Jul 10 2023
Gunship today released "Monster in Paradise" on the heels of their newest album announcement for Unicorn. Monster lands with an energetic synth beat, featuring a duet with Milkie from Wargasm and Gunship staple Alex Westaway, drums by Dave Lombardo from Slayer, and a guitar/saxophone solo between Tyler Bates of Watchmen/John Wick fame and "Sax Guy" Tim Cappello of The Lost Boys popularity.
Edit: The music video for Monster in Paradise released today, too!
I'm definitely not the biggest fan of the vocals on these songs. I tend to listen to the instrumental versions. But this one I really enjoy. And the sax at the end was just amazing. This definitely makes me excited for the new albums. As if I wasn't already before.
These are also really neat details about the song. I hope there is more to come.
I love this too. Though I feel the frequency of the vocals don't allow for much breathing room in the track, I do enjoy them. If they would lay off the vocals during the solo I'd enjoy it more, perhaps. I might figure out a way to mix that for myself once the instrumentals release.
Heck yeah, more Gunship is always good.
Love me some Gunship. You like The Midnight at all?
I don't know why but after I entered my 30s this just became my genre. I seem to have shed all prior music tastes for the past 4 years and I just live and breathe synthwave. Any suggestions?
Oh man.. I'm really not someone to give recommendations on synthwave I don't think. I got into it about 6-8 years ago, then got out of it after a while because I felt like the scene got pretty bloated and samey. The main band I kept going back to was Gunship because they're a great sound. What I'm saying is, I might be preaching to the choir by suggesting anything because if you know it, you know it.
But I like Midnight yeah. Vampire is one of my favorite tracks. Ravens in the Sky by Dance with the Dead is a headbanger.
Carpenter Brut just played Hellfest in France, and Gunship sang a song with him. The whole set is killer and on YouTube
The Hotline Miami soundtrack is what got me into synthwave. Everything on it is essential listening.
See also:
Maserati
Thomas Barrandon
OGRE Sound
Carpenter Brut
John Carpenter (he makes music, too!)
Arcade High
Dance With the Dead
Dan Terminus
Electric Dragon
FM-84
Hollywood Burns
... I'll stop here. But I got tons of this stuff.
I don't love it on first listen but the guitar and sax is cool, for them. Looking forward to the rest, thanks for posting it.
I think the sax part was played by the guy from "I Still Believe" from the hit movie, "The Lost Boys." Out now on VHS and Betamax.
I'm a Gunship fan in general and this is great too IMO. I prefer vocal synthwave (though I like instrumental too) so this is my jam
You ever checked out Le Cassette? It's a lil more down-tempo fan a lot of synthwave but the vocals are decent. Lil corny, but in that fun 80's way.
I haven't, but I will now! Thanks!