Gilla Band have returned with their first new single in four years, ‘Giraffe’
Dublin outfit end lengthy gap between releases with freshly unveiled track.
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Dublin outfit end lengthy gap between releases with freshly unveiled track.
Gilla Band have returned with their first new music in nearly four years, sharing new single ‘Giraffe’ via Rough Trade Records.
The track arrives alongside a new video and a limited 7” picture disc release, marking the Dublin band’s first new material since 2022.
Frontman Dara Kiely says the track reflects “a very scattered and sometimes lonely” headspace, before shifting into something more tender by the song’s close.
“In this track, the first few sections represent what my general headspace is like,” he explains. “It can be a very scattered and sometimes lonely place. Feeling unloved and finding it difficult to articulate what I’m actually thinking.”
“The outro on the other hand indirectly details a kind of confirmation that affection towards me does exist. While I appreciate it, I still find that hard to believe. ‘She chased me out the door with a hairbrush demanding that I would wear a suitable jacket.’ It’s a very Irish Mammy action. That amount of love is difficult for me to accept but it is a beautiful thing to have in life.”
The single also comes with a huge run of North American, UK and European tour dates stretching into early 2027.
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Gilla Band’s upcoming live dates are:
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
1 Seattle, WA – Neumos
3 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
4 Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room Highland Park
7 Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
8 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 Paris, France – Trabendo
21 Brussels, Belgium – Le Botanique
22 Tourcoing, France – Le Grand Mix
23 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Tolhuistuin
25 Utrecht, Netherlands – Ekko
26 Hamburg, Germany – Betty
27 Copenhagen, Denmark – Loppen
29 Berlin, Germany – SO36
30 Warsaw, Poland – Hydrozagadka
31 Prague, Czech Republic – Subzero
FEBRUARY 2027
2 Budapest, Hungary – Dürer Kert
3 Vienna, Austria – Flucc Wanne
5 Zurich, Switzerland – Bogen F
6 Milan, Italy – Arci Bellezza
10 Bristol – Trinity
11 London – Heaven
12 Manchester – Band on the Wall
13 Glasgow – Grand Ole Opry
