Manchester indie outfit Westside Cowboy have announced their debut album, It Goes On, arriving August 21 via Island Records.

Along with the announcement, the band has released the lead single “Kick Stones (The Boys),” with a music video created in collaboration with semi-professional football club F.C. United of Manchester. Watch the video below.

Premiered this morning on BBC Radio 6 Music, “Kick Stones (The Boys)” is a driving track centered around a restless guitar line and the band’s rootsy vocal delivery.

Speaking on the single, bassist/vocalist Aoife Anson O’Connell explains:

"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. We always thought, if we can pull this off it could be really fun, taking this mad ‘70s rock thing but then having it played by a bunch of scrawny kids."

It Goes On was produced by Loren Humphrey, known for his work with Geese, Cameron Winter, and Wunderhorse, and recorded at Greenmount Studios in Leeds. The band will also support the album with their biggest headline tour to date.

It Goes On is out August 21. Preorder here. Tracklist below:

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”
    

Westside Cowboy Tour Dates:

05/22 Derbyshire, UK @ Bearded Theory
05/24 Warrington, UK @ Neighbourhood
06/13 Czechia, CZ @ Rock For People
06/21 Scotland, UK @ TRNSMT
07/04 Netherlands, NL @ Down the Rabbit Hole
07/05 Belgium, BE @ Rock Werchter
07/09 London, UK @ Ally Pally Park
07/10 Bilbao, ES @ BBK
07/18 Tromsø, NO @ Bukta
07/24 Sheffield, UK @ Tramlines
07/25 Suffolk, UK @ Latitude
07/26 Oxfordshire, UK @ Truck
07/31 Dangast, DE @ Watt En Schlick
08/01 Diepholz, DE @ Appletree
08/06 Haldern, DE @ Haldern Pop
08/08 Winterthur, CH @ Winterthurer
08/12 Paredes, PT @ Paredes De Coura
08/14 Oslo, NO @ Øya
08/15 Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West
08/21 Wales, UK @ Green Man
08/28 Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
08/30 Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
10/28 Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
10/29 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso THT
10/30 Cologne, DE @ Helios37
11/01 Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall
11/05 Copenhagen, DK @ Lille Vega
11/06 Berlin, DE @ Lido
11/07 Prague, CZ @ Bike Jesus
11/09 Milan, IT @ Arci Bellezza
11/10 Zurich, CH @ Exil
11/12 Brussels, BE @ Botanique (Museum)
11/13 Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
11/14 Lille, FR @ Aeronef
11/24 Glasgow, UK @ St Lukes
11/25 Newcastle, UK @ NUSU
11/26 Sheffield, UK @ Crookes Social Club
11/27 Leeds, UK @ Irish Centre
11/29 Birmingham, UK @ XOYO
11/30 Southampton, UK @ 1865
12/01 Brighton, UK @ Chalk
12/02 London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
12/04 Bristol, UK @ Electric Bristol
12/05 Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall

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