Gilla Band have shared a brand new single, ‘Sports activities Day’, and introduced a string of UK and European tour dates – try the monitor with the accompanying visualiser beneath.
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The video for the Dublin four-piece’s latest monitor was directed by Michael Pace, who additionally helmed the video for ‘Publish Ryan’, which adopted singles ‘Backwash’ and ‘Eight Fivers’.
Alongside the brand new single, the band have introduced 4 further exhibits throughout Might and June within the UK, Belgium and France, together with a present at Future Yard in Birkenhead on Might 26.
Discover all the main points beneath and purchase your tickets to the US exhibits right here and UK and European exhibits right here.
Gilla Band are additionally set to carry out at London’s Vast Awake competition subsequent yr on Might 27, the place the likes of Ty Segall, Osees, A Place To Bury Strangers and extra may also take to the stage.
Hearken to ‘Sports activities Day’ beneath.
“’Sports activities Day’ is about saying embarrassing information (fortunately by way of a distortion mic),” frontman Dara Kiely mentioned in a press assertion.
“Bizarre lies you’ve informed as a toddler, poor abilities you as soon as thought you had been nice at and repetitive strains that you just nonetheless carry as much as the identical individuals. The subject material comprises: me being 12 and coming to phrases with being crap at soccer and would by no means be knowledgeable.
“At an identical age; having this peculiar routine wherein I used to say goodnight to my sports activities day medals (together with kissing my participation ones) earlier than going to mattress. Primarily being surprisingly pleased with my achievements of merely exhibiting up. Linking that out of depth feeling to the trendy day within the form of not understanding how you can activate the PA (or something music gear associated for that matter). Additionally secretly admiring cleaning soap operas whereas continuously speaking about The Beatles to anybody who would hear.”
Gilla Band’s third album ‘Most Regular’ – the primary since altering their from Woman Band – got here out in October final yr.
Discover all of the upcoming 2023 tour dates beneath.
FEBRUARY
10 – Los Angeles, California, Teragram Ballroom
11 – Berkeley, California, Cornerstone Berkeley
13 – Portland, Oregon, Mission Theater
14 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Sensible Corridor
15 – Seattle, Washington, Sundown Tavern
21 – Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Made
22 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnny Brenda’s
24 – Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sonias
25 – Washington, DC, DC9
27 – Chicago, Illinois, Lincoln Corridor
MAY
26 – Birkenhead, UK, Future Yard
29 – Brussels, Belgium, Botanique Orangerie
31 – Poitiers, France, Le Confort Moderne
JUNE
1– Biarritz, France, Atabal