Gilla Band Announce Fourth Album 'Pugnell' Alongside Intimate Shows In London And Manchester
Wednesday, 08 July 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: El Hardwick
Gilla Band have announced their fourth album.
The follow-up to 2022's 'Most Normal' is titled 'Pugnello' and is set for release on September 25 via Rough Trade Records. The self-produced album was recorded between 2022 and 2026 at three studios in their hometown of Dublin; Hellfire, Yellow Door Music Studio and Sonic Studios, with mixing by bassist Daniel Fox.
To mark the announcment, the quartet have shared the intense new track Placeholder, which continues their experimental electronic and guitar-driven sound. It follows their spring single Giraffe as a second preview of the album. Vocalist Dara Kiely said:
"In this track I try to analyse my mental quirks by exploring my comfort distractions. Reverting back to childhood nostalgia – as an escape. The memories seeping into my day-to-day adult life. Representing personal mental health behaviours via outdated pop culture such as the anxious tension set by Davina McCall’s silence when announcing a Big Brother eviction, or the fight or flight that Harold Lloyd surely experienced when holding on to a clock for dear life, and all for our entertainment.
"I mention Power Rangers at the end of this. It was another comfort vice. They were a huge thing for me as a child. I remember I was at some sort of Christian summer camp when I was about 6 and was asked what I want to be when I grow up. I said “a Power Ranger”. I was laughed at and was told the shocking truth that they didn’t exist and it is not a profession worth pursuing. I’ve never forgiven them for that.
"I’m injecting a lethal dose of nothing. I’m blaring a dangerous amount of Coldplay” …. True story."
The band have also scheduled intimate shows at The White Hotel in Manchester and The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, where they'll perform in the round, on October 7 and 8, respectively. The dates are part of a tour spanning North America, Europe and the UK between October and February 2027.
Tickets for their new shows go on general sale at 10am on Friday (July 10). Their other dates are on sale now.
'Pugnello' tracklist:
1. The Angelus
2. Placeholder
3. Alogia
4. Three Hands Clapping
5. Jacobsons
6. The Megazord
7. Computer Sadness
8. Giraffe
9. Crisp Pop
10. The Gallop
Gilla Band Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed October 07 2026 - MANCHESTER White Hotel
Thu October 08 2027 - LONDON The Institute of Contemporary Arts
Wed February 10 2027 - BRISTOL Bristol Trinity
Thu February 11 2027 - LONDON Heaven
Fri February 12 2027 - MANCHESTER Band on the Wall
Sat February 13 2027 - GLASGOW Grand Classic
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