Gilla Band Share New Track & Video ‘Post Ryan’, Four Intimate London Shows Announced
September 14, 2022
Ireland’s Gilla Band (FKA Girl Band) are sharing a new track and video, “Post Ryan” today off their upcoming album Most Normal, out October 7, 2022. “Post Ryan” is the album’s electrifying closer, in which the beat has been taken from ‘I Ran’ by Flock of Seagulls, the band quote saying ‘We thought, that’s a really great, immediate pop-sounding beat, let’s start there and go somewhere else – to have that immediacy, and then abstract out from there.’
They have also announced a US tour for February 2023, see details below.
On the track Dara says “I wanted to write something direct, something that wasn’t abstract and surreal,” he says. “I took the track home, built a melody and then just started writing these very kind of blunt lyrics, which I’d never done before. I was afraid of what everyone’s reaction would be – I had to leave the room when they were listening to it. But it’s probably my favourite track on the album. It’s an uncomfortable listen, for me, but I like it a lot.”
This single comes alongside the news of cancelling their upcoming show at London’s O2 Forum due to production issues, they have however organised a residency of exciting small shows around London across Sept/Oct/Nov 2022, 3 of which sold out in under half an hour. Tickets for Studio 9294 here
Most Normal Artwork by David Meaney
Forthcoming live shows
16 Sept – London, UK @ The Windmill
8 Oct – London, UK @ Peckham Audio
15 Oct – Birmingham, UK @ Future Days Festival
16 Oct – Bristol, UK @ Trinity
18 Oct – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
19 Oct – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
20 Oct – Manchester, UK @ Canvas
21 Oct – London, UK @ Moth Club
22 Oct – London, UK @ O2 Forum
23 Oct – Brighton, UK @ CHALK
9 Nov – London, UK @ Studio 9294
11 Nov – Kortrijk, BE @ Sonic City Festival
12 Nov – Reims, FR @ La Cartonnerie Club
13 Nov – Lyon, FR @ Le Marche Gare
15 Nov – Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
16 Nov – Milan, IT @ Biko
17 Nov – Munich, DE @ Strom
19 Nov – Berlin, DE @ Lido
21 Nov – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
22 Nov – Hamburg, DE @ Knust
24 Nov – Cologne, DE @ Artheater
25 Nov – Rotterdam, NL @ Maassilio
26 Nov – Paris, FR @ La Gaite Lyrique
9 Dec – Dublin, IE @ National Stadium
15 Dec – Belfast, IE @ The Empire
US DATES:
10th Feb – LA, CA – Teragram Ballroom
11th Feb – Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone Berkeley
13th Feb – Portland, OR – Mission Theater
14th Feb – Vancouver, BC – Wise Hall
15th Feb – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
21st Feb – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Made
22nd Feb – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
24th Feb – Cambridge, MA – Sonias
25th Feb – Washington, DC – DC9
27th Feb – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall