Introducing
PILLOW QUEENS
new single
‘HANDSOME WIFE’
Out Now

Debut album
‘IN WAITING’
released 25 September

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‘Clever lyrics in loud and proud full-on Irish accents.’ – NPR 

‘Their songs are angsty and filled with tight, cascading guitar chords, yet their onstage presence is as effortlessly cool as a spring breeze’ – PASTE MAGAZINE

‘Catchy guitar licks and regional articulation punctuate the Dublin band’s furious, fun and totally distinct punk sound.’ – THE GUARDIAN

‘Everything about the song soars: an alt-rock mix of scruffy and grandiose with a rush of a chorus that seems to stretch out to fill the entire skyline.’ – THE LINE OF BEST FIT

‘Scorching indie rock with a DIY feel, the four-some’s songwriting has real strength and richness to it, asking questions and even daring to supply a few answers, too.’ – CLASH

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Pillow Queens are Dublin’s most urgent, yearning, queer indie-rock band. Made up of Sarah, Pamela, Rachel, and Cathy they channel their thoughts on the world around them through their precision songwriting.

‘Handsome Wife’ is their new single which is smashing the airwaves in the UK and Ireland. Everything about the song soars: an alt-rock mix of scruffy and grandiose with a rush of a chorus that seems to stretch out to fill the entire skyline.

The band say, “‘Handsome Wife’ begins with a glimpse into an emotional homecoming, one that intensifies and romanticises the seemingly insignificant. Throughout, the mundane but tender moments are held up and deified, paying reverence to the ease in which a love can thrive outside the realms of tradition.

“The song continuously references structures and rituals that were once out of reach, but are now within our grasp. In spite of this ‘Handsome Wife’ affirms that they pale in comparison to the communities we’ve built ourselves.”

The band have received phenomenal praise by the likes of The Guardian, NME, DIY, The Independent, Clash, The Line Of Best Fit, Dork and Gig Wise to name a few. The single has also been spun on BBC Radio 1, Radio X and NME radio in Ireland and the UK.

Having played Festivals in Europe and due to play SXSW this year, the band have solidified their status as “One To Watch” in 2020 . Not too long ago they crossed shores to play shows in the USA and have their eyes set on visiting Australia as soon as they can.

Just announced, In Waiting is their debut album set for release worldwide on September 25. In Waiting is the result of four years of brotherly love in a sisterly unit. Crafted from their lives, and honed in a studio in rural Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, this is a record by queens in waiting and kings in the making. What are we waiting for?

Waiting. Waiting for futures to be carved out, for missions to be complete, for communities to be solidified, for the security denied to a generation to return. Waiting for the empathic revolution. Waiting for the end of capitalism, and the start of something real and fair. Waiting for spin to die and authenticity to be valued. Waiting for lost loves to return and fumbled relationships to form, for small cracks in families to heal and bigger cracks in inequitable systems to break. You’re in waiting a long time. And then you just have to do it yourself.

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IN WAITING IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW HERE

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TRACKLISTING: 

01. Holy Show
02. Child Of Prague
03. Handsome Wife
04. HowDoILook
05. Liffey
06. A Dog’s Life
07. Gay Girls
08. Harvey
09. Brothers
10. Donaghmede 

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LISTEN TO ‘HANDSOME WIFE’ HERE

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AMNPLIFY – DB