Dublin indie rockers Pillow Queens were a Stereogum Band To Watch back in 2021, and their most recent album Name Your Sorrow came out in 2024. That same year, they became a trio with the departure of drummer Rachel Lyons, and they started messing with drum machines and loops. Last year, they released the one-off single "Be A Big Girl." Yesterday, they came back with "Kiss Kiss," another one-off that mixes ragged guitars with gleaming keyboards. I probably don't need to tell you that it's not a Chris Brown cover. Here's what the band says about it:
"Kiss Kiss" is about desire in its most volatile form: intense, physical, cyclical, where attraction and connection get knotted up with chaos. It's a dreamlike, unstable feeling of going with it anyway, a "fuck it, it'll be grand" surrender. You recognize the cost but throw yourself into the madness of love regardless, risking it all for that euphoria, which is really what we're all here for. Desire and love override logic.
Check out the "Kiss Kiss" video below.
"Kiss Kiss" is out now on Royal Mountain.
