Photo Credit: Joe Moss

Manchester-based quartet Westside Cowboy have today announced their debut EP ‘This Better Be Something Great’ (pre-order vinyl here), set for release August 8th via Nice Swan Recordings / Heist or Hit. Coinciding with the news, the band have unveiled their brand new track 'Alright Alright Alright' following its premier on Huw Stephens' BBC 6 Music show. Picking up where ‘I’ve Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)’ and 'Shells' left off, it's another glorious effort that sees frantic melodies meet high-energy rhythms in blistering detail. The new track expands on their sonic palette whilst remaining true to the raw emotional urgency that defined their earlier work as guitars shimmer and crackle with restless energy, while layered vocals dive between vulnerability and defiance. Speaking ahead of its release, the group stated: “This song was the first original thing we ever played as a band, before we had any real ambition for the project to reach the ears of anyone outside of that room. It is a punk song about a cowboy, and if anyone can take away any more from it than that, consider us impressed.” Take a listen for yourselves below. 

Westside Cowboy is Reuben Haycocks (guitar, vocals), James (Jimmy) Bradbury (guitar, vocals), Aoife Anson O’Connell (bass guitar, vocals), Paddy Murphy (drums).

Live Dates
25th-29th June - Glastonbury Festival
18th July - Midi Festival, Hyères
25th July - Latitude, Suffolk
26th July - Truck Festival, Oxford
27th July - On The Beach, Brighton
2nd August - Humber Street Sesh, Hull
9th August - YES (Pink Room), Manchester (EP launch show)
16th August - Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons
28th August - End Of The Road Festival, Dorset
30th August - Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester
2nd September - Button Factory, Dublin (with Blondshell)
4th September - New Century Hall, Manchester (with Blondshell)
6th September - Oran Mor, Glasgow (with Blondshell)
7th September - Project House, Leeds (with Blondshell)
8th September - SWX, Bristol (with Blondshell)
10th September - CHALK Live, Brighton (with Blondshell)
11th September - Electric Brixton, London (with Blondshell)
12th September - Electric Brixton, London (with Blondshell)
27th September - Float Along Festival, Sheffield
9th October - Casino de Paris, Paris (with BCNR)
10th October - Stereolux, Nantes (with BCNR)
12th October - Paradiso, Amsterdam (with BCNR)
13th October - Paradiso, Amsterdam (with BCNR)
14th October - Gloria, Cologne (with BCNR)
15th October - Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin (with BCNR)
17th October - VEGA, Copenhagen (with BCNR)
18th October - Fållan, Stockholm (with BCNR)
19th October - Sentrum Scene, Oslo (with BCNR)
21st October - Mojo Club, Hamburg (with BCNR)
22nd October - Roxy, Prague (with BCNR)
23rd October - Les Docks, Lausanne (with BCNR)
25th October - Magazzini Generali, Milan (with BCNR)
26th October - Epicerie Moderne, Lyon (with BCNR)
28th October - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels (with BCNR) 

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