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Release Date Friday 8th May 2026
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
For two decades, Gun Outfit has been a band defined less by genre than
by continuity, patience, and a commitment to making music that reflects
their lived experience.
Formed in Olympia, Washington in 2006 but long since rooted in Los
Angeles, the group has evolved from a raw duo into a quietly formidable
five-piece, their sound growing from scrappy post-punk beginnings into
something spacious yet intimate, and always underpinned by an
experimental edge.
On Process & Reality, Gun Outfit return with their most ambitious and
immersive work to-date, a sprawling 80-minute double album shaped by time,
environment, and philosophy. Recorded over the course of a single month in
the late summer of 2020, on an 80-acre ranch in Pine Flat, California, while a
massive forest fire burned less than ten miles away, the seeds of these songs
were stark and strange.
Its title, Process & Reality, draws from the central work of philosopher Alfred
North Whitehead, whose philosophy places intuition, experience, creativity,
and relationality at the center of existence.
The band’s current lineup reflects both longevity and openness. Sharp and
Keith remain the band’s primary architects, joined by longtime drummer
Daniel Swire, multi-instrumentalist Henry Barnes, and bassist Kayla Cohen.
Additional collaborators include Chris Cohen, Warren Lee, and Danny Sasaki
all of whom add further depth, leaving subtle fingerprints across the album.
Musically, the album expands the band’s palette without abandoning its core
sensibility. Dulcimer, autoharp, sitar, melodica, keyboards, homemade
electronics, and a wide range of acoustic and electric textures appear
throughout. The sound is mellow yet expansive, songs move between fragility
and hefty atmospheric passages.
Influences surface obliquely rather than overtly. Elements of reggae and dub
inform the production’s spatial sensibility. Echoes of long-form European jam
bands coexist with sharp post-punk. British folk traditions, American country,
and classic West Coast songwriting drift in and out of focus; the band is never
afraid to lead or follow.
SIDE A 01. Unfelt Loss 02. So Easy to Love 03. Teardrops (Classic Hell on
Earth) 04. Whiplash 05. Morning Doctor
SIDE B 06. Cherry Blossoms in Leschi 07. Southward Equinox 08. Velvet
Rope 09. Backward Path 10. Don’t Remind Me
SIDE C 11. Season of the Wish 12. The Last Resort 13. Two Rivers 14. A
Little Game 15. Lilies of the Field
SIDE D 16. Lifelong Sellout 17. Out of My Mind 18. Golden Era 19. Sweet
Routine
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