{"id":41951,"date":"2025-04-12T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41951"},"modified":"2025-04-06T20:34:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T00:34:18","slug":"the-null-club-has-landed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41951","title":{"rendered":"The Null Club has landed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Self\u2011titled debut EP out now \u2014 stream it here: Listen <a href=\"https:\/\/ffm.to\/thenullclub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>Plus<\/strong>, the final single <strong><em>14\u202fHours<\/em><\/strong> featuring <strong>Faris Badwan<\/strong> of The Horrors is live \u2014 catch it here: Listen <a href=\"https:\/\/ffm.to\/14hours?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabvnwWOFNxa2doLA-JzlsxzSVTcFnHPh5iV56KxQBwiEGVFYSR10T9-fpY_aem_DJ6SfLPM80e8vUNxySYUcg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilla Band\u2019s own Alan\u202fDuggan\u2011Borges has been holed up for years tinkering with vintage synths, drum machines and guitars, blending noise, techno, experimental hip\u2011hop and post\u2011punk into something entirely his own. The Null Club is the result: a collaborative playground where each track gets its own special guest vocal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this debut EP you\u2019ll hear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Faris Badwan<\/strong> (The Horrors) bringing his signature dark charm to <em>14\u202fHours<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Valentine Caulfield<\/strong> (Mandy, Indiana) haunting <em>Slip Angle<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>E\u202fL\u202fU\u202fC\u202fI\u202fD<\/strong> (Armand Hammer) dropping sharp bars on <em>Frameshift<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All the instrumentals were laid down by Alan in his Dublin home and rehearsal studio; vocals were recorded wherever inspiration struck\u2014NYC apartments, London studios and Manchester living rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><em>\u201cFaris reached out to Gilla Band ages ago, so getting him on \u201814\u202fHours\u2019 was a dream. We wrote and recorded the melody in his flat over two days\u2014then he polished the vocals later. The MRK drum machine I\u2019ve been obsessed with finally found its home on this track, and everything just clicked.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EctXZOjfJt4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may already know <em>Slip Angle<\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/the-null-club-drops-explosive-new-single-frameshift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The Null Club drops explosive new single \u2018Frameshift\u2019\">Frameshift<\/a><\/em> from their rave support on Pitchfork, BBC\u202f6 Music, The Guardian, Stereogum, NME and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Limited\u2011edition white\u2011label vinyl<\/strong><br>Only 500 copies of the 12\u2033 pressed on white vinyl\u2014each one hand\u2011stamped by Alan and released on the indie label he runs with his wife. Mixed by Daniel Fox (Gilla Band), mastered by Jamie Hyland (M(h)aol).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4060.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4060.png?resize=1024%2C1021\" alt=\"The Null Club 12\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-41572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4060.png?resize=1024%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4060.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4060.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4060.png?resize=768%2C766&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4060.png?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tracklist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Frameshift (feat. 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Tickets are on sale now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tour Dates<\/strong><br>2\u202f May \u2013 The Workman\u2019s Club, Dublin, IE<br>13\u202fMay \u2013 Corsica Studios, London, UK<br>14\u202fMay \u2013 Rough Trade, Bristol, UK<br>16\u202fMay \u2013 Yes, The Basement, Manchester, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grab your tickets: Tickets available <a href=\"https:\/\/ffm.bio\/thenullclub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Self\u2011titled debut EP out now \u2014 stream it here: Listen HEREPlus, the final single 14\u202fHours featuring Faris Badwan of The Horrors is live \u2014 catch <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41951\" title=\"The Null Club has landed\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,23,25,28,30,1907],"tags":[8973,12383,438,2400,10889,1177,12206,1245],"class_list":["post-41951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-12-2","tag-14-hours","tag-ep","tag-faris-badwan","tag-gilla-band","tag-the-horrors","tag-the-null-club","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4229.jpeg?fit=1186%2C784&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-aUD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41569,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41569","url_meta":{"origin":41951,"position":0},"title":"The Null Club drops explosive new single &#8216;Frameshift&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Null Club\u2014the brainchild of Gilla Band's Alan Duggan-Borges\u2014is back with a powerful new single, Frameshift, featuring Brooklyn-based rapper E L U C I D. 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