Gilla Band by Mark McGuinness
It’s the latest from Gilla Band’s new album Most Normal.
Gilla Band have just unveiled the latest track to be taken from their first studio record since the switch of names last year.
“Our friend Ryan turned 30 during lockdown and we were asked by his mates to make a track for his birthday,” Dara Kiely said on Post Ryan.
“We wrote and recorded ‘Happy Birthday Ryan’ (a hair metal attempt penned by our secret Hard Rock alias, The Whisky Guns). Right after that we came up with the bones of what is now known as Post Ryan.”
“This probably took the longest time out of all the tracks. The words of the track were originally really silly. There’s was a line about wearing Christmas socks all year round.”
“Stupid stuff. It didn’t really fit the tone. After messing around with the Electro Lobotomy and getting the second half of it figured out, I improvised a melody over it. The lads wanted me to get out of my comfort zone and write something really direct.”
“This was the exact opposite of the approach we had for The Talkies. Felt very naked. I had to leave the room when I showed them my demo of the new vocals.”
