Westside Cowboy, announce their new EP, So Much Country ‘Till We Get There, will drop on January 16th via Island Records/Adventure Recordings. Along with the news, the UK band have shared new single/video, “Don’t Throw Rocks.” “Don’t Throw Rocks” was recorded with Loren Humphreys (Cameron Winter, Arctic Monkeys, Lana Del Rey). The Manchester band, includes Reuben Haycocks, James (Jimmy) Bradbury, Aoife Anson O’Connell, Paddy Murphy.

From Westside Cowboy: “Jimmy’s lyrics on this deal a lot in time and change, and how it, more often than not, moves out of our control and without niceties. We wanted the music to reflect this too. With each section, we wanted to add a new gear, to increase the intensity until it couldn’t be held onto anymore. I guess that’s where the outro comes in. This felt like the natural first single for the EP, we all kinda knew once we’d heard it back.”

You can’t plan for everything. Reuben Haycocks, Paddy Murphy and Aoife Anson-O’Connell didn’t have anything specific in mind when Jimmy Bradbury asked them if they fancied starting a band called Westside Cowboy during his shift at a music shop. The kernel of the new band began to form in Bradbury’s mind as he worked and found himself reading Billy Bragg’s Roots, Radicals and Rockers, the folk artist’s book on the history of skiffle. “It’s sort of the first UK DIY scene,” he enthuses. “It’s the UK in 1954, and people hear Elvis and all of a sudden every kid in the country wants to learn how to play guitar. But there weren’t many instruments, so people would get a washboard, or a tea chest bass – a double bass made out of a wooden crate and a broomstick handle, with a piece of string to make a drone – and just give it a try. I really liked all that. And we at least had guitars – let’s try and do something.”

It’s an initiative that places political action back into the heart of the indie scene, not only raising funds for good causes, but seeking to build an ecosystem of artists who can organize and work collectively to make a real difference in the music industry and beyond. “What I really loved about joining the band in the first place was making all these really nice friends and being able to go down the street in Manchester and bump into someone,” says Anson-O’Connell. “We’re all quite politically conscious, and it can feel a bit helpless sometimes, because you’re just playing music, and the lyrics themselves aren’t political. We’re not trying to make statements in the music itself, but we all feel really strongly about this stuff. So No Band Is An Island was a way to tie all things together, highlight this community and see how we can use it in a positive way.”

Westside Cowboy is driven by a desire to connect as widely as possible. “We want to make music for everyone and we don’t want it to feel like you can only like our band if you live in a cool city with a good record store, around the corner from a cool venue,” says Murphy. “Like, music that actual people can enjoy: our parents, our grandparents, young people too – we were all kids once, getting into music for the first time, and we wanna have something for everyone to enjoy. There’s no barrier to entry.”

Westside Cowboy
So Much Country ‘Till We Get There
Tracklist
Adventure Recordings/Island Records

1. Strange Taxidermy
2. Can’t See
3. Don’t Throw Rocks
4. The Wahs
5. In The Morning

Westside Cowboy 2025-2026 tour dates

Thu. Oct. 9 – Paris, FR @ Casino de Paris *
Fri. Oct. 10 – Nantes, FR @ Stereolux *
Sun. Oct. 12 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso*
Mon. Oct. 13 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso *
Tue. Oct. 14 – Cologne, DE @ Gloria*
Wed. Oct. 15 – Berlin, DE @ Astra Kulturhaus *
Fri. Oct. 17 – Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA *
Sat. Oct. 18 – Johanneshov, SE @ Fållan *
Sun. Oct. 19 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene *
Tue. Oct. 21 – Hamburg, DE @ Mojo Club *
Wed. Oct. 22 – Prague, CZ @ Roxy *
Thu. Oct. 23 – Lausanne, CH @ Les Docks *
Sat. Oct. 25 – Milan, IT Magazzini Generali *
Sun. Oct. 26 – Lyon, FR @ Epicerie Moderne*
Tue. Oct. 28 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique *
Sat. Nov. 1 – Cardigan, UK @ Other Voices
Fri. Nov 7 – Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Paris
Tue. Nov. 18 – Norwich, UK @ Norwich Arts Centre
Wed. Nov. 19 – Birmingham, UK @ The Sunflower Lounge – SOLD OUT
Fri. Nov. 21– Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach – SOLD OUT
Sat. Nov. 22 –Portsmouth, UK @ KOLA
Tue. Nov. 25 – Birkenhead, UK @ Future Yard
Wed. Nov. 26 – Hebden Bridge, UK @ The Trades Club
Thu. Nov. 27 – York, UK @ The Fulford Arms
Fri. Nov. 28 – Edinburgh, UK @ Cabaret Voltaire
Wed. Dec. 10 – New York, NY @ Night Club 101
Mon. Dec. 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Scribble
Thu. Jan. 28 – London, UK @ Scala
Fri. Jan. 29 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
Sun. Jan. 31 – Dublin, IE @ Grand Socials
Mon. Feb. 2 – Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts
Tue. Feb. 3 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Wed. Feb. 4 – Nottingham, UK @ Bodega
Fri. Feb. 6 – Brighton, UK @ The Hope and Ruin – SOLD OUT
Sun. Feb. 8 – Oxford, UK @ The Bullingdon

* = w/ Black Country, New Road

Pre-order So Much Country Till We Get There EP by Westside Cowboy HERE