Gilla Band
Whilst
Dublin 4 piece Gilla Band's cataclysmic sound avoids consignment to any
singular genre, it's thrusting noise-rock guitars, heavy techno drum beats and
wailing vocals paired with frontman Dara Kiely's witty, mundane and often
surrealist lyrics create 'as perfect an expression of rock'n'roll's essential
auto-destructive impulse as this writers ever heard.' (The Guardian).
Trailblazers for modern Irish alternative music and known for their ferocious
live shows which have been described as chaotic, electrifying and 'genuinely dangerous,
like one last rave before the apocalypse', Gilla Band are not just a band, but
a force.
In
2015 they signed to Rough Trade Records and let loose their debut album Holding
Hands With Jamie to rampant critical acclaim, and topping this was to be no easy
feat, but following a 4 year hiatus, they returned in September with their
second studio album, The Talkies, heralded as 'one of the biggest comebacks of
the year ' (Mary Anne Hobbs, 6Music). The Press landscape hailed it as 'more
abstract and more focused than their debut' with outstanding reviews from the
likes of Crack Magazine (9/10), The Irish Times (5*) and Record Collector(5/5).
The Talkies was Recorded in November 2018 at Ballintubbert House, Ireland - the
alien construction of the house and its corridors help to navigate their
cataclysmic sound within a world of its own. And this enigmatic manor became Gilla
Band's sonic playground. It is an album which is living and breathing, in a
continual state of metamorphosis, and it encompasses everything there is to
love about the Dublin 4-piece while simultaneously instilling an exciting level
of discomfort.
Their
third album "Most Normal" comes out this October 7th on Rough Trade
Records.