Dublin’s Pillow Queens write songs that hit like an elbow to the gut, each a harder jab than the last. It’s been that way since the quartet dropped their first EP, Calm Girls in 2016. While they certainly have their raucous and rowdy moments, it’s the emotional core of the songs that leaves the most sting. Resonant and rapturous, the band finds a way to channel their thoughts on the world around them through precision indie rock songwriting that builds into swelling, cathartic choruses.

Go watch Dating Amber now! Our song Gay Girls features in one of the (best) scenes and we’re really proud to be a part of this incredible film. I think if you’d gone back in time and told any of us that one day we’d be in an all queer band whose song ‘Gay Girls’…

“Shot as part of the 2020 Youth Music Video Competition in association with the First Cut Youth Film Festival ( where each of the directors worked under the mentorship of more established directors such as Brendan Canty (Feel Good Lost) and Lochlainn McKenna) and directed by Daragh Goan…