Irish Times: In Waiting review – An emotional masterpiece
“If you remember a thing about it, tell me that it’s not bad. Why’d I even say that?” Sung with a lump in the throat and a downward glance, Holy Show relives the shame in spilling your truth. In the great and occasionally careless navigation of life, the hardest move is being yourself. And on their long-awaited debut album, Pillow Queens mark out the many bumps that eventually lead to self-acceptance.
Wrapping hardship in tulle, the Dublin-based, all-queer indie-pop group give weight to the juvenile – but very real – feelings that shape who we are and how we navigate the world. Pamela Connolly, Sarah Corcoran, Rachel Lyons and Cathy McGuinness bear their battle scars to prove that things do get better.
There’s power in HowDoILook, which walks us down darkened alleys, where we fear for our safety, and into a dimly lit bedroom, where we fear intimacy: “It took a while but I don’t mind. How does my body look in this light?”