Gilla Band tackle “poverty of speech linked to mental health conditions” and schizophrenia on blistering

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’.

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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!”.

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.

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.

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