Gilla Band Announces Fourth LP Pugnello

Gilla Band’s fourth LP is titled Pugnello and will be released through Rough Trade on 25th September. The album includes The Angelus, Placeholder and Jacobsons.

Pugnello is described as more intense than the approach of 2022’s Most Normal and includes one of Gilla Band’s most intense techno directions to date. The band’s music combines dance music structures with a no-wave aesthetic.

Gilla Band performed at All Together Now Festival in Waterford. Dara Kiely said the group’s performance in Waterford was at 10 and went well.

Alan Duggan Borges said that from 2021 he began moving further toward synthesis and old synthesizers and drum machines. Daniel Fox suggested using the PĒRKONS HD-01 made by Erica Synths. Pugnello contains recurring references to late-1990s and early-2000s pop culture, football and children’s television characters.