James Corden has a tendency to be excitable. It seems to go with the territory of being a late night US TV talk show host. But, even for the LA-transplanted Brit, his rapturous introduction to Pillow Queens’ appearance on the show a few weeks back was something else: he was practically hyperventilating when talking about the Dublin quartet.
Sarah Corcoran who shares lead vocals with Pamela Connolly was gobsmacked by Cordon’s kind words. “He told us that he had personally booked us for the show,” she says, via Zoom from her Dublin home.
“He had read an article about us last year and thought we sounded like we’d be right up his street. He really liked the album [
Radiant Love
Radiant Love’s name couldn’t be more appropriate. Specialising in bright, hypnotic club sounds, the label’s catalogue to date has pulled lovingly from hedonistic ‘90s scenes: from progressive house and proto-trance to high-speed breaks and blissed-out techno.
Far from being a pursuit of nostalgia though, Radiant Love’s releases are futuristic, and brimming with emerging talent. EPs like Fio Fa’s ‘You Think’ and D.Tiffany and Vani-T’s collaborative release as Pillow Queen erupt with dazzling velocity, capturing the euphoric energy of Radiant Love’s popular Berlin raves. “Most of the music [we release] has been made by our friends or connections we ve made through the party, which is really great,” resident and co-director Byron Yeates explains. “To release music by people we know and admire, it makes it a lot more personal.”
Meet the up and coming Irish band about to perform on James Corden s Late Late Show in the US
The Dublin based band have been garnering much attention recently following the release of their debut album In Waiting in September of 2020.
Irish rockers Pillow Queens are set to perform on the Late Late Show with James Corden tonight
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