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GILLA BAND BACKWASH

Irish noise act Gilla Band (formerly Girl Band) share new single 'Backwash' in the lead up to the release of anticipated third album Most Normal. Following on from previous single 'Eight Fivers', new track 'Backwash' is an equally urgent burst of warped post-punk experimentalism as the band continue to distort and contort their instruments beyond recognition into a constantly shifting harsh industrial soundscape that owes just as much of it's heritage to dance music as it does to noise and punk. “The initial idea for the whole album was that it would loosely sound like a dream," singer Dara Kiely explains. "We didn’t really stick to the brief but it lead us down different sonic avenues. “Backwash” is one of the few tracks where the words represent a dream-like circumstance. The lyrics are from a stream of consciousness rant, weird imagery and all that. The track is about attraction – fancying someone and not knowing what to say exactly. It’s an indirect love song, knowing you like someone but can’t quite articulate it. Thinking that you have already expressed your feelings, but like waking up from a dream you’ve forgotten what you actually have said or felt." New record Most Normal is set for release on October 7th on Rough Trade Records, check out the animated visualiser for 'Backwash' below. -Toby Evans-Jesra

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