Manchester's high-flying risers Westside Cowboy have today unveiled details of their debut album It Goes On, out August 21st via Island Records. Coinciding with the announcement the band have shared the record's first single Kick Stones (The Boys) following its debut spin on BBC 6 Music. Perfectly capturing their exuberance, the track bursts into life with a rapidly building pace - loose in feel yet purposeful in execution - as rolling percussion and twanging guitars immediately take hold. Drummer Paddy Murphy notes that the true crux of the song is “as much about how we made it as the lyrics”. “We loved the way it felt to play, but we thought we couldn’t record it like that or people would think we wanted to be a stadium rock band,” bassist/vocalist Aoife Anson O’Connell explains. Instead, they translated it through their own lens, using a live recording of The Velvet Underground’s ‘What Goes On’ as their primary reference point. “We always thought, if we can pull this off it could be really fun,” Paddy details. “Taking this mad, ‘70s rock thing but then having it played by a bunch of scrawny kids.” Take a listen below with the official video shot in collaboration with FC United of Manchester.
It Goes On Artwork
It Goes On Tracklisting
1. Kick Stones (The Boys)
2. Paper Chains
3. Dobro
4. Well Done Kid, You Did It
5. Worried Age
6. Big Wheels
7. Pin Up Boys
8. Coyote
9. Patchwork
10. Take My Leaving As I Love You
11. You Could Have Died There On The Dancefloor
Live Dates 22.05 - Bearded Theory, Derbyshire, UK 24.05 - Neighbourhood, Warrington, UK 13.06 - Rock For People, CZ 21.06 - TRNSMT, Scotland, UK 04.07 - Down the Rabbit Hole, Netherlands 05.07 - Rock Werchter, Belgium 09.07 - Ally Pally Park, London, UK 10.07 - BBK, Bilbao, Spain 18.07 - Bukta, Tromso, Norway 24.07 - Tramlines, Sheffield, UK 25.07 - Latitude, Suffolk, UK 26.07 - Truck, Oxfordshire, UK 31.07 - Watt En Schlick, Dangast, Germany 01.08 - Appletree, Diepholz, Germany 06.08 - Haldern Pop, Haldern, Germany 08.08 - Winterthurer, Winterthurer, Switzerland 12.08 - Paredes De Coura, Paredes, Portugal 14.08 - Oya, Oslo, Norway 15.08 - Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden 21.08 - Green Man, Wales, UK 28.08 - Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK 30.08 - Reading Festival, Reading, UK
Headline Tour
28.10 - Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands 29.10 - Paradiso THT, Amsterdam, Netherlands 30.10 - Helios37, Cologne, Germany 01.11 - Voxhall, Aarhus, Denmark 05.11 - Lille Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark 06.11 - Lido, Berlin, Germany 07.11 - Bike Jesus, Prague, Czechia 09.11 - Arci Bellezza, Milan, Italy 10.11 - Exil, Zurich, Switzerland 12.11 - Botanique (Museum), Brussels, Belgium 13.11 - Petit Bain, Paris, France 14.11 - Aeronef, Lille, France 24.11 - St Lukes, Glasgow, UK [SOLD OUT] 25.11 - NUSU, Newcastle, UK 26.11 - Crookes Social Club, Sheffield, UK [SOLD OUT] 27.11 - Irish Centre, Leeds, UK [SOLD OUT] 29.11 - XOYO, Birmingham, UK 30.11 - 1865, Southampton, UK 01.12 - Chalk, Brighton, UK 02.12 - O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK 04.12 - Electric Bristol, Bristol, UK 05.12 - Albert Hall, Manchester, UK [SOLD OUT]
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