Interview Pillow Queens - Leave The Light On - Music

On April 1, 2022, Ireland’s favourite queer group, Pillow Queens, released their highly anticipated second studio album. Currently taking the US by storm, the group shed some light on their latest record to Alice Linehan.

Alice Linehan

Photos by Hazel Coonagh.

he new album by GCN’s two-time cover stars was christened Leave The Light On by band member Cathy McGuinness who took inspiration from a lyric in the Wolf Alice song ‘Bros’. “It’s a lyric that I was talking about with somebody, we talked about it for like half an hour and the complexities of what it means,” the guitarist explained. “The lights on for the nurses, or when you go out to the pub and there’s a light left on, or you’re coming home from the airport and somebody’s leaving the light on for you. It’s just that someone’s waiting for you.”

Fellow Pillow Queen Sarah Corcoran added: “I picked up on it as being leaving the lights on during an intimate moment, and how that’s quite lovely as well.”

While the title is certainly open to an array of interpretations, it’s clear that its sentiment is warm and welcoming, boasting an accessibility that is apparent throughout the album’s ten tracks.