Only months on from recent EP release, ‘So Much Country ‘Til We Get There’ EP, Westside Cowboy have shared their new single ‘Kick Stones (The Boys)’ alongside the announcement of their debut album coming this summer.
Guitar strums tenderly open the single before the drums kick in, leading to shared vocal duty from Aoife Anson O’Connell and Reuben Haycocks, having perfectly mastered their harmonies over the past few years. On the planning of the arrangements for the track and the differences from live to recording, Aoife shared that “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”. ‘Kick Stones (The Boys)’ continues the band’s signature homemade style of sound, with clear thought and care put into each and every detail of instrumental.
On the ethos of their upcoming LP, ‘It Goes On’, the band shared “put simply, 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. There will be plenty of time in the future for the sprawling triple album with horns and string sections but for now, it’s young music made by some young(ish) people. We want to make songs that are lean and imperfect. We’re really proud of it and we hope that you enjoy it” .
Photo by Clementine Schneidermann
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