Photo credit: Faolán Carey

With a video focusing on human touch that was filmed in isolation with the help of friends, family and strangers and its celebratory tone of togetherness and queer love, Pillow Queens’ latest single ‘Handsome Wife’ is a song that will instantly lift your mood and see the good and hope in people. It combines a new wave/shoegaze sound with the kind of melodies The Big Moon or Boy Azooga specialise in, while the evocative lyrics feel just like a warm hug: ‘Nothing like a kiss goodnight. It tastes like ’til the day I die’; ‘I’m gonna be free’.