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Leave the Light On, the sophomore record from queer rock group Pillow Queens, has been nominated for Irish Album of the Year at the prestigious Choice Music Prize 2022 awards. RTÉ revealed the full shortlist on 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show on Monday, January 9, consisting of ten potential winners.

Pillow Queens expanded on their exclamation on Instagram with a typical light-hearted post. 

“Never in a million years did we think when we released ‘Leave the Light On’ that we’d be single-handedly responsible for electricity prices soaring across the world. Nor did we imagine we’d receive a second @choiceprize nomination for album of the year.

“Thank you so much to everyone who has loved this record as much as we loved making it,” the band continued, also paying tribute to Thomas McLaughlin for producing the album.

“Massive thanks to @choiceprize too for including us along this year’s incredible list of album nominations. Irish music is f*cking great,” the post concludes.