If you’ve ever caught yourself chasing the quiet bliss of a late-night moment, the kind where conversation slows, the lights dim, and everything feels suspended in time, TOUCAN’s latest single might just be your new soundtrack. With ‘Cool Side of the Pillow’, Irish artist Conor Clancy leans into warmth and atmosphere, spinning a velvety slice of soul-meets-modern-R&B that feels tailor-made for moonlit hours and whispered affections.
Built on a foundation of plush instrumentation and sultry, understated vocals, the track invites us to sink into its effortlessly sensual rhythm. There’s a tactile quality to the production that makes every note feel like a brushstroke on bare skin.
What elevates ‘Cool Side of the Pillow’ beyond just smooth textures is the emotional resonance. Clancy is painting a scene, complete with the closeness, ease, and vulnerability that intimacy can bring when it’s done right. It’s a celebration of connection, stripped of grandiosity and instead grounded in quiet details: the softness of a touch, the breath between words, the gentle rhythm of two hearts in sync.
Having already cut his teeth alongside legendary names like Nile Rodgers & CHIC, and with a run of live shows across the UK and Ireland ahead, TOUCAN is clearly an artist with range.
‘Cool Side of the Pillow’ is a refined reminder that soul doesn’t need to shout to be felt. Sometimes, all it takes is the right groove, the right lyric, and the right voice to turn a simple idea into something unforgettable. TOUCAN delivers all three, and then some.
