Pillow Fite first appeared in a glitter bomb of enthusiastic feelings, an acoustic guitar duo given to constant queer longing and occasional full-band outings. Across a handful of singles and their first EP, Flutter, Art Ross (they/them/Pisces) and Aaron Green (he/him/Virgo) combined their respective gifts of reflection and melody for moody, slow-burning indie-folk aimed straight at the heart.

On Hard Feelings, Soft Promises, the pair’s first full length album, it’s not that everything has changed: Ross’ open, intimate lyrics and Green’s guitar and production prowess remain rooted at its centre. But Pillow Fite, in just a few years of existence—which translates to many more in music years—has followed a gently but perpetually evolving sound wherever it would take them to land at the band’s current form, a mash-up of genres that arrives at something as singular as it is queer. Something that asks, “What if Suzanne Vega fronted The Strokes, but they were gay and poor?”

Fresh off a 2025 win for Music Nova Scotia’s Pop Recording of the Year, they’ve been steadily carving their place in Canada’s indie scene with a string of CBC Top 20 hits. Their latest single, Laundromats, climbed to #5. This fall, Pillow Fite hits the road for a national Canadian tour in support of the deluxe re-issue of their album Hard Feelings, Soft Promises, arriving July 3rd 2026.