In a year when Protomartyr and Cola (Ought, by extension), two spiritually minded peers, delivered some of their most evocative material to date, Gilla Band remain set in their ways

Have you ever heard a song for the first time and felt a shiver run so deep it took the floor with it? That, for me, is the first seconds of Pugnello, and it hardly relents from there

We’ll always need a challenging band that pushes us past our limits, and Pugnello continues their crusade to deafen their audience in the most wonderful way

Gilla Band emerge as spokespersons for our age of solipsism, dissecting and lampooning these proclivities. If we can’t laugh at ourselves, we’re doomed

Gilla Band have earned their place as forebears and game-changers within the scene. Pugnello keeps that momentum going

Even among their peers and other noise rock circles they are a singular force to be reckoned with

Dublin quartet's fourth album arrives with complete, unrestrained mayhem, music that grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go

This earhole-scouring noise isn't for everyone. But if you possess the itch Pugnello satisfies, you'll scratch 'til you bleed. Print edition only

Placed alongside their contemporaries in the last decade’s post-punk boom, what they’re doing is far harder to define, and a great deal more interestin

The classic chaos and noise that they’ve championed on previous records is in full flow but dialled up to 11. The meaning is abstract, the sound is loud, but every single second is a work of art

As always, frontman Dara Kiely's brio and wit somehow prevent it from devolving into chaos. Print edition only

Pugnello finds the band focused and reinvigorated. Print edition only

The Irish post-punkers’ abrasive fourth album is a masterwork in wrenching the beautiful from the ugly

Exploding its signature blend of noise-punk and dance music to masterful extremes, the Irish band gets louder, rawer, funnier, and more methodical on its exhilarating fourth album

Their fiercest, most ruminative release to date

Pugnello is, in many ways, a revolutionary work: defiant, radical, offensive, revealing, violent. It’s a record like a manifesto: demanding and archaic, but also deeply honest in its earnestness and self-awareness.

An enormously enjoyable racket. Five stars because we like it a lot. That's how reviews work

The Irish band’s fourth LP is an endurance test. Stick with it to find diamonds in its void of howling, screeching anti-pop

Your favourite band’s favourite band unleash a thrilling and relentless 42 minutes of monstrous noise whose precise instrumental source always remains discomfitingly unclear

Irish noiseniks deliver instant classic