Mancunian four-piece unveil 'Kick Stones (The Boys)' as an early taste of the LP.
Westside Cowboy have announced their debut album ‘It Goes On’, due for release on 21st August via Island Records, alongside new single ‘Kick Stones (The Boys)’.
Premiered on BBC 6 Music, ‘Kick Stones (The Boys)’ arrives with a video made in collaboration with FC United of Manchester, the supporter-owned football club formed following Manchester United’s takeover in 2005.
Speaking about the track, bassist and vocalist Aoife Anson O’Connell said the band originally worried people would think they were “trying to be a stadium rock band” before reworking the song using a live version of The Velvet Underground’s ‘What Goes On’ as a key reference point.
Produced by Loren Humphrey, ‘It Goes On’ was recorded at Greenmount Studios in Leeds and follows the Manchester quartet’s two breakout EPs, ‘This Better Be Something Great’ and ‘So Much Country ‘Till We Get There’.
Alongside the album announcement, the band have also confirmed their biggest headline tour to date, including shows at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town and Manchester’s Albert Hall. They’ll also appear at festivals this summer including Green Man, Latitude, Reading & Leeds and Øya.
Speaking about the album, the band said: “We wanted to make an album for our younger selves, one that reminds us of all the bodies of work that made us fall in love with music. We wanted the music to be instant, concise, and honest to us as people today.”
‘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
The dates in full read:
MAY
22 Bearded Theory, Derbyshire, UK
24 Neighbourhood, Warrington, UK
JUNE
13 Rock For People, Czech Republic
21 TRNSMT, Scotland, UK
JULY
4 Down the Rabbit Hole, Netherlands
5 Rock Werchter, Belgium
9 Ally Pally Park, London, UK
10 BBK, Bilbao, Spain
18 Bukta, Tromso, Norway
24 Tramlines, Sheffield, UK
25 Latitude, Suffolk, UK
26 Truck, Oxfordshire, UK
31 Watt En Schlick, Dangast, Germany
AUGUST
1 Appletree, Diepholz, Germany
6 Haldern Pop, Haldern, Germany
8 Winterthurer, Winterthurer, Switzerland
12 Paredes De Coura, Paredes, Portugal
14 Oya, Oslo, Norway
15 Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden
21 Green Man, Wales, UK
28 Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
30 Reading Festival, Reading, UK
OCTOBER
28 Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands
29 Paradiso THT, Amsterdam, Netherlands
30 Helios37, Cologne, Germany
NOVEMBER
1 Voxhall, Aarhus, Denmark
5 Lille Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
6 Lido, Berlin, Germany
7 Bike Jesus, Prague, Czechia
9 Arci Bellezza, Milan, Italy
10 Exil, Zurich, Switzerland
12 Botanique (Museum), Brussels, Belgium
13 Petit Bain, Paris, France
14 Aeronef, Lille, France
24 St Lukes, Glasgow, UK [SOLD OUT]
25 NUSU, Newcastle, UK
26 Crookes Social Club, Sheffield, UK [SOLD OUT]
27 Irish Centre, Leeds, UK [SOLD OUT]
29 XOYO, Birmingham, UK
30 1865, Southampton, UK
DECEMBER
1 Chalk, Brighton, UK
2 O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK
4 Electric Bristol, Bristol, UK
5 Albert Hall, Manchester, UK [SOLD OUT]
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