{"title":"Gilla Band","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Gillan formed the Gilla Band in December 1975, inspired by his appearance at The Butterfly Ball And The Grasshopper's Feast. Originally called Shand Grenade, they changed their name to The Ian Gillan Band for commercial reasons. The original line-up included Ian Gillan on vocals, Ray Fenwick on guitar, John Gustafson on bass, Mark Nauseef on drums, and Mike Moran on keyboards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn February 1976, Mike Moran left the band and was replaced by Mickey Lee Soule, who was later replaced by Colin Towns in May of that year. This line-up remained for the next two years. However, in June 1978, Ian disbanded the band as he wanted to produce a much harder sound. He and Towns went on to form [a374018] in July 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"eight-fivers","title":"Eight Fivers","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst taster from the forthcoming album \u003ci\u003eMost Normal\u003c\/i\u003e from Gilla Band (aka Girl Band). Comes with exclusive B-Side Sportsday. First single “Eight Fivers” announces itself in that typical Gilla Band way where the lyrics often feel abstracted from the music. Dara’s voice is two opposing forces at once: it’s the melodic cry yearning and dancing over the driving beat. In some ways it’s the album’s most memorable track for how instant it sounds and simple it feels, however, its idiosyncratic enough to create its own peculiar feel. On the track Dara says “Eight Fivers is about 40 quid. It's about being out of touch with modern circumstances while feeling socially limited. Never fitting in and kind of proud of it. Stuck with what I have and happy for it. Being grateful and not fashionable, self-conscious and too aware of what is lacking. 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They were free to tinker at leisure, to rewrite and restructure and reinvent tracks they’d cut – to, as drummer Adam Faulkner puts it, “pull things apart and be like, ‘Let’s try \u003ci\u003ethis\u003c\/i\u003e. We could try out every wild idea.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe group also fell under the spell of modern hip-hop, “where there’s really heavy-handed production and they’re messing with the track the whole time,” says Fox. “That felt like a fun route to go down, it was a definite influence.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMost Normal \u003c\/i\u003eopens with an absolute industrial-noise banger that sounds like a manic house-party throbbing through the walls of the next room as a downed jetliner brings death from above. What follows is unpredictable, leading the listener through a sonic house of mirrors, where the unexpected awaits around every corner. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe common thread holding \u003ci\u003eMost Normal’s\u003c\/i\u003e ambitious Avant-pop shapes together is frontman Dara Kiely. Throughout, he’s an antic, antagonistic presence, barking wild, hilarious, unsettling spiels, babbling about smearing fish with lubricant or dressing up in bin-liners or having to wear hand-me-down boot-cut jeans (“It was a big, shameful thing, growing up, not being able to afford the look I wanted and having to wear all my brother’s old clothes”, says Kiely). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMost Normal,\u003c\/i\u003e then, is a triumph, the bold work of a group who’ve taken the time to evolve their ideas, to deconstruct and reconstruct their music and rebuild it into something new, something challenging and infinitely rewarding. It’s a headphone masterpiece. It’s a majestic exploration of the infinite possibilities of noise. It’s a bold riposte to your parochial beliefs on whatever a pop song can or should be. It’s the best work these musicians have put to (mangled) tape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band have individually hand painted 8 Canvases and you are in with a chance of winning one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rough Trade Records","offers":[{"title":"Blue | LP","offer_id":50504319566155,"sku":"1160903","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50504320254283,"sku":"1160901","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50504321401163,"sku":"1160902","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/be0a3cfb-f043-49f2-8eef-a7342b2f4f3b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727803598"},{"product_id":"the-early-years","title":"The Early Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eIreland’s favourite avant-punk quartet has re-issued \u003cem\u003eThe Early Years EP\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of out-of-print 7” singles and covers originally released on Any Other City Records and The Quarter Inch Collective, and then on Rough Trade in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cha Cha Cha\u003c\/strong\u003e has now been remastered alongside the rest of the tracks and is ready for the dancefloor once again. 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