Dublin four-piece Pillow Queens make guitar music that is unconcerned with attracting attention. There are no memorable choruses, no outlandish lyrics, no experimental sounds. This is atmospheric indie, determined to cultivate a vibe rather than relay a particular message or advertise an individual personality. On their second album, Leave the Light On, that vibe is mainly brooding unease, sometimes explosive frustration, frequently steeped in a sense of hard-won wisdom and bittersweet catharsis.
