Rising Manchester band Westside Cowboy have released new single Pin Up Boys as the latest taste from their forthcoming debut album.
The track premiered as Radio 1’s Hottest Track In The World yesterday, and arrives with a video (below) directed by SNL UK star Jack Shep.
The band commented on the track: “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.”
The debut album It Goes On (pre-order here) is out August 21st via Island Records.
The album was produced by Loren Humphrey (Geese, Cameron Winter, Wunderhorse) at Greenmount Studios in Leeds.
To support the release, the quartet have announced a run of record store shows, listed below…
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
This is in addition to Westside Cowboy’s biggest headline tour to date this autumn/winter including shows at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town and Manchester’s Albert Hall.
They will also appear at festivals including Green Man, Latitude, and Reading & Leeds this summer, with full live dates listed below.
LIVE DATES
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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Main Photo Credit: Clémentine Schneidermann
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