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Following its premiere this evening as Radio 1's Hottest Track In The World, Manchester's Westside Cowboy have revealed their brand-new single Pin Up Boys. Already a favourite amongst their live shows, the track's polished touch brings it in to a new light through snappy percussion, soaring choruses and insatiable vocals. Speaking further on the track’s origins, the band say: “Pin Up Boys was written a year and a half ago using an acoustic guitar, a drum machine sample pad and some screwdrivers as drumsticks. It is by far the longest serving song on the album and the one that we have played the most live, which was a blessing and a curse when we came to record. After realising this song was set in its ways, we thought the recording should be a somewhat faithful version of the live performance. We hope you get something out of it”. Take a watch below. Pin Up Boys is taken from the band's debut album It Goes On, set to land August 21st via Island Records.
The music video captures this energy, as director Jack Shep details: “Westside Cowboy’s performance style is so energetic and distinct. They clearly have a mountainous future ahead of them, and it was awesome to work with young people at the precipice of starting something really special together. In the video we wanted to capture the band’s dynamism, through a spotlight. We follow this fixed, malevolent spotlight chasing our hero (played by the band’s mate, Will) as he tries to escape its gaze. As he runs, he manages to escape, splitting into a new spotlight with a new version of the band. The whole thing begins to buckle and shatter.”
Supporting the album release the band will undertake their biggest headline tour to date this autumn/winter including shows at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town and Manchester’s Albert Hall (full dates below). Westside Cowboy will also appear at festivals including Green Man, Latitude, and Reading and Leeds this summer, and have today announced limited record store shows around the LP’s release.
RECORD STORE SHOWS ANNOUNCED
19.08 - Resident Brighton
20.08 - Rough Trade East
25.08 - Jumbo Leeds
27.08 - Rough Trade Liverpool
03.09 - Rough Trade Nottingham
04.09 - Assai Glasgow
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
03.08 - Congés Annulés, Luxembourg
06.08 - Haldern Pop, Haldern, Germany
08.08 - Winterthurer, Winterthurer, Switzerland
09.08 - Weinturm Open Air, Windsheim, Germany
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
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 [SOLD OUT]
30.11 - 1865, Southampton, UK
01.12 - Chalk, Brighton, UK
02.12 - O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK [SOLD OUT]
04.12 - Electric Bristol, Bristol, UK [SOLD OUT]
05.12 - Albert Hall, Manchester, UK [SOLD OUT]
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