This yr’s Glastonbury Rising Expertise Competitors winners Westside Cowboy have introduced particulars of their debut EP ‘This Higher Be One thing Nice’ by sharing the joyous ‘Alright Alright Alright’.
Again in April, the Manchester-based four-piece and NME 100 alumni received a spot at this yr’s Glastonbury competition when they have been triumphant over hundreds of on-line entries earlier than beating eight finalists on the stay ultimate in Pilton – impressing a judging panel that included an array of Glasto stage bookers in addition to DJ Huw Stephens and competition bosses Michael and Emily Eavis.
Earlier ETC finalists embrace the likes of English Trainer, Flohio, Declan McKenna, She Drew The Gun, Scouting For Ladies, The Subways and Izzy Bizu.
Now, after a string of releases and impressing at showcase festivals together with this yr’s Nice Escape, the indie upstarts have introduced that ‘This Higher Be One thing Nice’ will arrive on Friday August 8 through Good Swan Recordings / Heist or Hit (pre-order right here) – in addition to sharing the rollicking single ‘Alright Alright Alright’, produced by Lewis Whiting of 2024 Mercury Prize winners English Trainer. The music has a gun-slinging vitality and imagery befitting of the band’s identify.
“This music was the primary unique factor we ever performed as a band, earlier than we had any actual ambition for the undertaking to achieve the ears of anybody exterior of that room,” stated the band of the observe. “It’s a punk music a few cowboy, and if anybody can take away any extra from it than that, contemplate us impressed.”
The band’s sound – impressed by the likes of slacker rock giants like Pavement alongside extra up to date influences like Good Swan labelmates English Trainer – received a £5,000 PRS slot and earned the band a slot on the long-lasting Woodsies Stage at this yr’s competition again in Spring. Talking on these influences, singer Aoife Anson O’Connell defined the band are humbled by comparisons to such huge names.
“Reuben (Haycocks vocals / guitars ) and Paddy (Murphy, drums) fashioned their first band due to their love for Pavement,” O’Connell instructed NME. “All of us noticed them collectively they usually’re an enormous affect for us. Even travelling down within the automobile we had quite a lot of The Flaming Lips on the playlist, so we channel quite a lot of these cool guitar sounds however hopefully we convey one thing of our personal as properly.”
Westside Cowboy will open the Woodsies Stage on Sunday June 20, with three different performances scheduled throughout the weekend. Alongside a busy summer time of reveals, in addition they have help excursions approaching with Black Nation, New Street and Blondshell kicking off in September. Go to right here for tickets and extra data.
