Photo Credit: Charlie Barclay Harris

Following the release of their debut EP, ‘This Better Be Something Great’ in August,  Manchester quartet Westside Cowboy have today announced their signing to Island Records imprint Adventure Recordings and shared details of their second EP So Much Country ‘Till We Get There, set for release on January 16th. Accompanying the news, the band have released their electrifying new single Don’t Throw Rocks, which debuted on BBC 6 Music with Huw Stephens. The track captures the band at their most dynamic yet through a surge of rhythm - where pulsing percussion and interlaced vocals build toward a fierce, guitar-driven climax. On the origins and themes of the track, the band say: “This started life as a fuzzy drum machine demo that Jimmy made in his bedroom and eventually made its way into the practice room ahead of our first headline at Castle Hotel. We tried it really fast and loud, with a new order disco beat across the entire thing basically. We finished it and were like ‘This is good, right?’... none of us were really convinced. We were about to call it when we thought we’d have one last go. We kept the tempo but took the emphasis off of the snare and hats and instead onto the floor tom and its rims. This changed the feeling of the song a lot. All of a sudden, instead the song just being this 2 minute fog horn blare, it was now rumbling along and building. Jimmy’s lyrics on this deal a lot in time and change, and how it, more often than not, moves out of our control and without niceties. We wanted the music to reflect this too. With each section, we wanted to add a new gear, to increase the intensity until it couldn’t be held onto anymore. I guess that’s where the outro comes in. This felt like the natural first single for So Much Country…, we all kinda knew once we’d heard it back.” Take a listen below. 

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

So Much Country ‘Till We Get There EP
Track-Listing
1. Strange Taxidermy
2. Can’t See
3. Don’t Throw Rocks
4. The Wahs
5. In The Morning

Live Dates
9 Oct - Paris, Casino de Paris (w/ Black Country, New Road) (FR)
10 Oct - Nantes, Stereolux (w/ Black Country, New Road) (FR)
12 Oct - Amsterdam, Paradiso (w/ Black Country, New Road) (NL)
13 Oct - Amsterdam, Paradiso (w/ Black Country, New Road) (NL)
14 Oct - Cologne, Gloria (w/ Black Country, New Road) (DE)
15 Oct - Berlin, Astra Kulturhaus (w/ Black Country, New Road) (DE)
17 Oct - Copenhagen, VEGA (w/ Black Country, New Road) (DK)
18 Oct - Johanneshov, Fållan (w/ Black Country, New Road) (SE)
19 Oct - Oslo, Sentrum Scene (w/ Black Country, New Road) (NO)
21 Oct - Hamburg, Mojo Club (w/ Black Country, New Road) (DE)
22 Oct - Prague, Roxy (w/ Black Country, New Road) (CZ)
23 Oct - Lausanne, Les Docks (w/ Black Country, New Road) (CH)
25 Oct - Milan, Magazzini Generali (w/ Black Country, New Road) (IT)
26 Oct - Lyon, Epicerie Moderne (w/ Black Country, New Road) (FR)
28 Oct - Brussels, Ancienne Belgique (w/ Black Country, New Road) (BE)
1 Nov - Cardigan, Other Voices (UK)
7 Nov - Paris, Pitchfork Paris (FR)
8 Nov - Manchester, Albert Hall w/ SPRINTS (UK)
18 Nov - Norwich, Norwich Arts Centre (UK)
19 Nov - Birmingham, The Sunflower Lounge (Sold Out) (UK)
21 Nov - Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach (UK)
22 Nov - Portsmouth, KOLA (UK)
25 Nov - Birkenhead, Future Yard (UK)
26 Nov - Hebden Bridge, The Trades Club (Sold Out) (UK)
27 Nov - York, The Crescent (UK)
28 Nov - Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire (UK)
28 Jan - London, Scala (UK)
29 Jan - Manchester, Gorilla (Sold Out) (UK)
31 Jan - Dublin, Grand Social (IE)
2 Feb - Glasgow, King Tuts (UK)
3 Feb - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club (UK)
4 Feb - Nottingham, Bodega (UK)
6 Feb - Bristol, The Exchange (UK)
7 Feb - Brighton, The Hope and Ruin (Sold Out) (UK)
8 Feb - Oxford, The Bullingdon (UK)

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