Gilla Band’s ‘Alogia’ Explores Schizophrenia and Speech Poverty

Gilla Band have tackled “poverty of speech linked to mental health conditions” and schizophrenia on their blistering new single ‘Alogia’.

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The band are due to release their upcoming album ‘ Pugnello ‘ on September 25 via Rough Trade Records – pre-order it  here. They kicked things off with their first new song in four years, ‘ Giraffe ’, followed by the abrasive ‘ Placeholder ’.

Now, they’ve taken it up a notch with the jittering ‘Alogia’. Complemented by Kiely’s tortured vocals, it sees the narrator descend from fantasising about a life with “ steady structure, routine and purpose ” into a brutal breakdown, repeating syllables over and over until they cry: “ Alogia! ”

Frontman Dara Kiely explains: “Alogia means poverty of speech linked to mental health conditions I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia while writing the lyrics. I thought I could just walk off the old mental illness but alas!”

Take a listen to ‘Alogia’ below:

Gilla Band are due to go tour in October, where they’ll kick things off in North America. The tour will commence at Philadelphia’s Underground Arts on October 14, where they’ll traverse through Brooklyn, Montreal, Detroit, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles and plenty more, rounding off at Washington’s Atlantis on November 15.

Then, they’ll arrive in Europe to play Paris’ Trabendo on January 20. Visiting Brussels, Copenhagen, Berlin, Vienna, Milan and more, they’ll play their first UK show on February 10 at Bristol’s Trinity.

The following day (11), they’ll play a show at London’s Heaven, moving to Manchester’s Band On The Wall (12) before concluding their tour at the Grand Classic in Glasgow (13).

Find all tour dates below and get any remaining tickets here :

Gilla Band will play:

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

01 – Seattle, WA Neumos

03 – San Francisco, CA The Independent

04 – Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room Highland Park

07 – Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar

08 – 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 – Trabendo – Paris, France

21 – Le Botanique – Brussels, Belgium

22 – Le Grand Mix – Tourcoing, France

23 – Tolhuistuin – Amsterdam, Netherlands

25 – Ekko – Utrecht, Netherlands

26 – Betty – Hamburg, Germany

27 – Loppen -Copenhagen, Denmark

29 – SO36 – Berlin, Germany

30 – Hydrozagadka – Warsaw, Poland

31 – Subzero -Prague, Czech Republic

FEBRUARY 2027

02 – Durer Kert – Budapest, Hungary

03 – Flucc Wanne – Vienna, Austria

05 – Bogen F – Zurich, Switzerland

06 – Arci Bellezza – Milan, Italy

10 – Trinity – Bristol, UK

11 – Heaven – London, UK

12 – Band on The Wall – Manchester, UK

13 – Grand Classic – Glasgow, UK

Elsewhere, Gilla Band guitarist Alan Duggan Borges has launched a new project called The Null Club , with a debut EP featuring collaborations with members of  The Horrors  and  Mandy, Indiana .

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