Interview - Pillow Queens

Amidst the lockdowns of 2020, September saw the release of Pillow Queens’ debut album In Waiting through their own label.

A collection of songs linked by an underlying message of inclusivity and unity, it received a warm response with an 8/10 review in the NME, 5/5 from The Irish Times, and made it onto numerous End Of Year lists.

Despite the accolades it’s human nature to doubt or to suffer from imposter syndrome, and the four-piece were no different.

“There was no gigs happening, we produced our first album and it had gone down really well, but when you can’t play the songs live it’s like, ‘do people really like this?’,” Pamela Connolly, lead vocalist, guitarist and bassist told Live4ever when we met with them at South by Southwest 2022. “You don’t know.”

“We didn’t have the benefit of touring the album so we couldn’t see physically see people reacting to it,” lead guitarist Cathy McGuinness added. “Is it being well-received or not?”

Any doubt that In Waiting had captured people’s imaginations were soon cast aside as the group were approached by independent label Royal Mountain Records and the publishing arm of the legendary Sub Pop.

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