Gilla Band have tackled “poverty of speech linked to mental health conditions” and schizophrenia on their blistering new single ‘Alogia’.
The band are due to release their upcoming album ‘Pugnello‘ on September 25 via Rough Trade Records – pre-order it here. They kicked things off with their first new song in four years, ‘Giraffe’, followed by the abrasive ‘Placeholder’.
Now, they’ve taken it up a notch with the jittering ‘Alogia’. Complemented by Kiely’s tortured vocals, it sees the narrator descend from fantasising about a life with “steady structure, routine and purpose” into a brutal breakdown, repeating syllables over and over until they cry: “Alogia!”
Frontman Dara Kiely explains: “Alogia means poverty of speech linked to mental health conditions I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia while writing the lyrics. I thought I could just walk off the old mental illness but alas!”
Take a listen to ‘Alogia’ below:
Gilla Band are due to go tour in October, where they’ll kick things off in North America. The tour will commence at Philadelphia’s Underground Arts on October 14, where they’ll traverse through Brooklyn, Montreal, Detroit, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles and plenty more, rounding off at Washington’s Atlantis on November 15.
Then, they’ll arrive in Europe to play Paris’ Trabendo on January 20. Visiting Brussels, Copenhagen, Berlin, Vienna, Milan and more, they’ll play their first UK show on February 10 at Bristol’s Trinity.
The following day (11), they’ll play a show at London’s Heaven, moving to Manchester’s Band On The Wall (12) before concluding their tour at the Grand Classic in Glasgow (13).
Find all tour dates below and get any remaining tickets here:
Gilla Band will play:
OCTOBER
14 – Philadelphia, PA, Underground Arts
15 – Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere – The Hall
17 – Allston, MA Brighton Music Hall
19 – Montreal, QC Fairmount Theatre
20 – Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
21 – Detroit, MI Third Man Records – Cass Corridor
23 – Chicago, IL The Bottom Lounge
24 – Saint Paul, MN Turf Club
27 – Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
28 – Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
30 – Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
31 – Vancouver, BC The Pearl on Granville
NOVEMBER
01 – Seattle, WA Neumos
03 – San Francisco, CA The Independent
04 – Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room Highland Park
07 – Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
08 – Santa Fe, NM Meow Wolf
10 – Austin, TX 29th Street Ballroom
11 – Denton, TX Rubber Gloves Showroom
13 – Nashville, TN The Blue Room at Third Man Records
14 – Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle (Back Room)
15 – Washington, DC The Atlantis
JANUARY 2027
20 – Trabendo – Paris, France
21 – Le Botanique – Brussels, Belgium
22 – Le Grand Mix – Tourcoing, France
23 – Tolhuistuin – Amsterdam, Netherlands
25 – Ekko – Utrecht, Netherlands
26 – Betty – Hamburg, Germany
27 – Loppen -Copenhagen, Denmark
29 – SO36 – Berlin, Germany
30 – Hydrozagadka – Warsaw, Poland
31 – Subzero -Prague, Czech Republic
FEBRUARY 2027
02 – Durer Kert – Budapest, Hungary
03 – Flucc Wanne – Vienna, Austria
05 – Bogen F – Zurich, Switzerland
06 – Arci Bellezza – Milan, Italy
10 – Trinity – Bristol, UK
11 – Heaven – London, UK
12 – Band on The Wall – Manchester, UK
13 – Grand Classic – Glasgow, UK
Elsewhere, Gilla Band guitarist Alan Duggan Borges has launched a new project called The Null Club, with a debut EP featuring collaborations with members of The Horrors and Mandy, Indiana.