After dropping their first new song in three years in May, Gilla Band have confirmed there’s more where that came from. The Dublin band of Dara Kiely, Alan Duggan Borges, Daniel Fox, and Adam Faulkner have a new album, Pugnello, out on Rough Trade on September 25. Today, they also shared a new track, “Placeholder,” alongside a dreamlike, color-saturated music video directed by Cuan Roche. Check it out below.
Pugnello is entirely produced by the quartet, and mixed by Fox. In a press statement, Kiely noted that “Placeholder” is a reflection on his childhood creature comforts, from Big Brother to the Power Rangers. (“I remember I was at some sort of Christian summer camp when I was about six and was asked what I want to be when I grow up. I said ‘a Power Ranger,’” Kiely says. “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.”)
Gilla Band released their last album, Most Normal, in 2022. They’ve stayed relatively under the radar since then, save for the 2023 loosie “Sports Day.” The group will support Pugnello starting this fall and all the way through 2027 on a North American and European tour.
Read more about Most Normal in The 38 Best Rock Albums of 2022.
Pugnello:
01 The Angelus
02 Placeholder
03 Alogia
04 Three Hands Clapping
05 Jacobsons
06 The Megazord
07 Computer Sadness
08 Giraffe
09 Crisp Pop
10 The Gallop
