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So Much Country 'Till We Get There EP

You can’t plan for everything. Reuben Haycocks, Paddy Murphy and Aoife Anson-O’Connell didn’t have anything specific in mind when Jimmy Bradbury asked them if they fancied starting a band called Westside Cowboy during his shift at a music shop. Yet a couple of years, a clutch of singles, a killer live reputation, and a record deal from Island Records imprint Adventure Recordings later, it seems like the idea’s got legs: whether they meant to or not, Westside Cowboy have become one of the most exciting new acts in the UK.

STAFF COMMENTS

Liam says: Shop faves and local legends Westside Cowboy are back with their second EP and it's another belter. If you've been lucky enough to catch them live, then you'll know why we're all so excited - and boy does it live up to the hype! Burstin' with their homegrown brand of "Britainicana" that we've all come infatuated with, Westside are gonna be massive - so hop aboard YEEEEEHAWWWW!!!!!

TRACK LISTING

1. Strange Taxidermy
2. Can’t See
3. Don’t Throw Rocks
4. The Wahs
5. In The Morning

Westside Cowboy

This Better Be Something Great EP

Debuts come and go. Some serve as juvenilia. Others showcase lost promise. Rarely are they cultural touchpoints. Enter This Better be Something Great by Westside Cowboy, an EP rammed with nu-generational indie. It’s been a while since something so era-defining dropped but you get the impression that Westside Cowboy are about to become a reference point. Shorthand for a new movement in guitar music. And when the dust settles, held in similar acclaim reserved for only the most influential of indie bands. With a sound raw as a carpet burn, they ride a thrilling lo-fi boxcar tuned to the melodic precision of Teenage Fanclub and held together with the slacker cool of Pavement. Authentic, fidgety and immediate, the guitars on this record crackle like a twinkling bed of kindling primed to ignite at any given moment and when they do it’s a barn dance of headrush overdrive & blitzkrieg drums leaving listeners raw and fully exposed to each bristling, crackle of magic coming their way. File under: modern classic.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: The apex of the modern sound of loose, jangling indie and off-kilter experimental rock from Manchester's own Westside Cowboy. If the 7" was anything to go by, this latest iteration of their deeply melodic but unusually chaotic grunge-pop indie business is going to go down a STORM. Get in quick.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A:
01. I've Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)
02. Alright Alright Alright
03. Drunk Surfer

SIDE B:
04. Shells
05. Slowly I'm Sure

Westside Cowboy

I've Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)

Debut single from Manchester band Westside Cowboy on Nice Swan. Riding a thrilling lo-fi boxcar tuned to the melodic precision of Teenage Fanclub and held together with the slacker cool of Pavement, for most bands this would be enough, but not for Westside Cowboy. Just when you think you have them pinned, they career the entire thing into a brick wall of country, trad and early harmony-coated, major-key rock’n’roll. They call this process ‘Britainicana’.

Freshly signed to indie tastemakers Nice Swan (Chalk, Sports Team, Pip Blom) and teaming up with Mercury Music Prize winner Lewis Whiting of English Teacher on production duties, debut single ‘I’ve Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)’, starts with a frenetic caterwaul of the band name. It’s a flag in the sand moment.

A territorial statement. Rhythmic, rattling drums turn into a three-chord assault, with its crackling guitars soon igniting the combustible, chorus vocals of enigmatic co-vocalist Aoife Anson O’Connell.

STAFF COMMENTS

Laura says: We're super excited here at Piccadilly about the release of this debut 7" single from slacker-country-jangle-popster Westside Cowboy. They've been growing a steady following around these parts with their frenetic live shows and we love 'em. WESTSIDE COWBOY! Yeeha!

TRACK LISTING

1. I’ve Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)
2. Slowly I’m Sure (Demo)


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