{"id":2434544,"date":"2026-05-27T18:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2434544"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:40:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:40:52","slug":"gilla-band-face-feeling-unloved-and-finding-it-difficult-to-articulate-what-im-actually-thinking-on-first-new-song-in-four-years-giraffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/gilla-band-face-feeling-unloved-and-finding-it-difficult-to-articulate-what-im-actually-thinking-on-first-new-song-in-four-years-giraffe\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilla Band face &#8220;feeling unloved and finding it difficult to articulate what I\u2019m actually thinking&#8221; on first new song in four years, &#8216;Giraffe&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/gilla-band\">Gilla Band<\/a> have shared their first new song in four years in the form of the head-scrambling \u2018Giraffe\u2019 \u2013 check it out below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The influential\u00a0Dublin\u00a0group,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/girl-band-become-gilla-band-apologise-for-choosing-misgendered-name-3096615\">formerly known as Girl Band<\/a>,\u00a0have\u00a0not released a studio album since their third record \u2018Most Normal\u2019 in 2022, but they are now back with\u00a0new music.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They have also confirmed details of a string of US tour dates for the end of 2026 and a European tour in January and February 2027, at the end of which they will be playing in Bristol, London,\u00a0Manchester\u00a0and Glasgow\u00a0\u2013 see all the details below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Giraffe\u2019 is\u00a0typical of the band\u2019s experimental, boundary-pushing approach to guitar music, with distortion and\u00a0atonality at the fore, and singer Dara Kiely\u2019s tortured, yelled vocals spilling out an internal monologue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It will be available as a 7\u201d picture disc\u00a0via Rough Trade\u00a0from Friday (May 29) and you can pre-order your copy\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gillaband.ochre.store\/release\/595211-gilla-band-giraffe?ffm=FFM_98771f9d046ab2ff80b03890588e2390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gilla Band - Giraffe\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xtjauo-6jfY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Kiely has said:\u00a0\u201cIn this track, the first few sections\u00a0represent\u00a0what my general headspace is like. It can be a very scattered and sometimes lonely place.\u00a0Feeling unloved and finding it difficult to articulate what\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0actually thinking.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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. \u2018<i>She chased me out the door with a hairbrush demanding that\u00a0I would\u00a0wear a suitable jacket<\/i>.\u2019\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0a very Irish Mammy action. That amount of love is difficult for me to accept but it is a beautiful thing to have in life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DY2RgrRtvTi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Gilla Band will play:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>OCTOBER\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>14 \u2013\u00a0Philadelphia, PA, Underground Arts\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>15 \u2013\u00a0Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere \u2013 The Hall\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>17 \u2013\u00a0Allston, MA Brighton Music Hall\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>19 \u2013\u00a0Montreal, QC Fairmount Theatre\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>20 \u2013\u00a0Toronto, ON Lee\u2019s Palace\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>21 \u2013\u00a0Detroit, MI Third Man Records \u2013 Cass Corridor\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>23\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Chicago, IL The Bottom Lounge\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>24\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Saint Paul, MN Turf Club\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>27\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Denver, CO Bluebird Theater\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>28\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>30\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Portland, OR Mississippi Studios\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>31\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vancouver, BC The Pearl on Granville\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>01\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Seattle, WA\u00a0Neumos\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>03\u00a0\u2013\u00a0San Francisco, CA The Independent\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>04\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room Highland Park\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>07\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>08\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Santa Fe, NM Meow Wolf\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>10\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Austin, TX 29th Street Ballroom\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>11 \u2013\u00a0Denton, TX Rubber Gloves Showroom\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>13 \u2013 Nashville, TN The Blue Room at Third Man Records\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>14 \u2013 Carrboro, NC Cat\u2019s Cradle (Back Room)\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>15 \u2013\u00a0Washington, DC The Atlantis\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JANUARY 2027\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>20 \u2013\u00a0Trabendo\u00a0\u2013 Paris, France\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>21 \u2013\u00a0Le\u00a0Botanique\u00a0\u2013 Brussels, Belgium\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>22 \u2013\u00a0Le Grand Mix \u2013 Tourcoing, France\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>23 \u2013\u00a0Tolhuistuin\u00a0\u2013 Amsterdam, Netherlands\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>25 \u2013\u00a0Ekko \u2013 Utrecht, Netherlands\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>26 \u2013 Betty \u2013 Hamburg, Germany\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>27 \u2013\u00a0Loppen\u00a0-Copenhagen, Denmark\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>29\u00a0\u2013\u00a0SO36 \u2013 Berlin, Germany\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>30\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hydrozagadka\u00a0\u2013 Warsaw, Poland\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>31\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Subzero -Prague, Czech Republic\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FEBRUARY 2027\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>02\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Durer Kert \u2013 Budapest, Hungary\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>03\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Flucc\u00a0Wanne \u2013 Vienna, Austria\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>05\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bogen F \u2013 Zurich, Switzerland\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>06\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Arci Bellezza \u2013 Milan, Italy\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>10\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Trinity \u2013 Bristol, UK\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>11\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Heaven \u2013 London, UK\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>12\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Band on The Wall \u2013 Manchester, UK\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>13\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Grand Classic \u2013 Glasgow, UK\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/gilla-bands-alan-duggan-borges-launches-new-project-the-null-club-with-ep-featuring-members-of-the-horrors-and-mandy-indiana-3839810\">the band\u2019s guitarist Alan Duggan Borges launched a new project called The Null Club<\/a>, with a debut EP featuring collaborations with members of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-horrors\">The Horrors<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/mandy-indiana\">Mandy, 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