Pillow Queens - In Waiting

Pillow Queens Records

£13.50
~~£18.90~~

Genre: Indie rock
Format: LP
Catalogue No.: PQR001
B/C: 4024572080778
Release Date: 01 Mar 2024 (back in).

LIMITED GATEFOLD HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL

Phenomenal” - Clash
“Pillow Queens know how to pull at your heartstrings.” The FADER
“A powerhouse of indie rock” - The Forty-Five
“a totally addictive treat” - Gig Wise
“[Handsome Wife is] a joyful, raucus celebration of queer love.” - Guardian
“ superb vocal performances.” - The Independent
“Song of The Day” (Handsome Wife) – KEXP
“A total knockout force to win anyone over.” - The Line of Best Fit
“Pretty much every Pillow Queens song feels like a world-beater.” - NME
“Queer punk and pop songs with sharp, anxious edges” – NPR

https://www.stereogum.com/2114238/pillow-queens-in-waiting/interviews/band-to-watch/

Pillow Queens: 2020's most exciting indie-rockers on Catholicism, coming out and community
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/05/pillow-queens-indie-rockers-catholicism-coming-out-in-waiting?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://www.clashmusic.com/features/its-the-right-time-for-us-the-inspirational-rise-of-pillow-queens

https://diymag.com/2020/09/24/pillow-queens-in-waiting-album-review

"Compassionate and life-affirming" 4*s
https://www.nme.com/reviews/pillow-queens-in-waiting-review-radar-2760777

https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/24/pillow-queens-on-god-queerness-and-debut-album-during-pandemic-13319799/

"In Waiting is a lifeline for people who haven’t yet found their tribe".
5*
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/pillow-queens-in-waiting-review-an-emotional-masterpiece-1.4360600

Events currently taking place throughout the world only serve to stoke a fire under the likes of Pillow Queens, who find themselves continually inspired by a Dublin that is no stranger to fighting social injustice. Street artists, fashion designers, musicians, film makers and more comprise a scene which routinely champions queerness and marginalized groups, and engages with and activates young people in response to the likes of the city’s ongoing housing and mental health crises. Pillow Queens’ songs of togetherness and unity ring out louder than ever before.

In their short lifespan as a band they've released two demo EPs, performed on a successful string of UK & Irish dates & festival appearances, had playlisting from BBC 6 Music, and found themselves opening for the likes of American Football and Pussy Riot, as well as stadium performances opening for IDLES and Future Islands.

With all this under their belt, the band began working with Mercury Prize nominated producer Tommy McLaughlin for their single 'Gay Girls' – which received a nomination for the RTE Choice Music Prize song of the year, as well as International pickup from NPR’s World Cafe and KEXP. The song also found its way into the heart of actor Cillian Murphy and his BBC6 mixtape show.

2019 saw Pillow Queens venture into mainland Europe, as they lit up the Eurosonic festival and completed a string of tour dates opening for Soak. The tour was a messy and joyous affair captured beautifully in the DIY video for the bands summer single 'HowDoILook'.

In Waiting is Pillow Queens’ debut album, the result of four years of brotherly love in a sisterly unit from Ireland’s most urgent, yearning, rock band. Crafted from our 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. It’s an album about love; self-love, queer love, the anxiety-inducing fault lines of romantic love, and the love for a city and a country that simultaneously has your back and is on your back.

NPR All Songs Considered: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/903349232/new-mix-lafur-arnalds-first-aid-kit-more
KEXP Song of the Day: https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/song-of-the-day/2020/8/5/pillow-queens-handsome-wife/

https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/pillow-queens-handsome-wife

Tracklist: 1) Holy Show 2) Child Of Prague 3) Handsome Wife 4) How Do I Look 5) Liffey 6) A Dog’s Life 7) Gay Girls 8) Harvey 9) Brothers 10) Donaghmede