Gilla Band, Ireland’s favourite Avant-punk quartet, has re-issued The Early Years EP, 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 Record in 2015. The re-issue features new artwork based on the original colour blocks plus The Cha Cha Cha has now been remastered alongside the rest of the tracks and is ready for the dancefloor once again.
Fan fave (and live setlist staple) featured on the collection is an eight-minute cover of post-dubstep mastermind Blawan’s absurdist banger and demented earworm “Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage” that, simply put, is unlike anything you’ve ever heard before or since.
GILLA BAND ANNOUNCE INTIMATE IRISH HEADLINE TOUR FOR OCTOBER 2025
TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF THE EARLY YEARS
FRI 3 OCT | CORK, CYPRUS AVENUE
SAT 4 OCT | CORK, CONNOLLY’S OF LEAP
FRI 10 OCT | GALWAY, ROISIN DUBH
SAT 11 OCT | WATERFORD, BANK LANE
THU 23 OCT | DERRY, SANDINO’S
SAT 25 OCT | DUBLIN, THE WORKMAN’S CLUB
THU 30 OCTOBER | DUNDALK, THE SPIRIT STORE
Tickets will go on sale Friday, 20th June at 10amfrom www.singularartists.ie