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Cowtown announce fourth album with the rousing ‘Motivational Speaker’

Spiky Leeds rabble release ‘Paranormal Romance’ on August 19th.

Cowtown announce fourth album with the rousing 'Motivational Speaker'

Frantic Leeds lot Cowtown have announced their fourth album, ‘Paranormal Romance’, with a stream of the fizzing first cut, ‘Motivational Speaker’.

Streaming first on DIY below, the track’s as frazzled as we’ve come to expect from the Northern mob. All fire and brimstone, “we’re gonna keep it to the point” they hammer home again and again, a modus operandi that rings through every second of ‘Motivational Speaker’ and its upbeat charge forwards.

‘Paranormal Romance’ is set for release on The Audacious Art Experiment / Hot Salvation / Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records (U.S.) on August 19th, with the band doing their best to cram in as many shows as possible in the lead up. They’ve done a rudy good job, to be fair.

Get a load of ‘Motivational Speaker’, and get yourself down to one of Cowtown’s below tour dates while you’re at it. You can pre-order ‘Paranormal Romance’ here.

JULY
02 Sheffield, The Picturehouse
03 Fairlie, Kelburn Garden Party
09 Otley, Korks
16 Suffolk, Latitude Festival
22 Secret location (ooh, mysterious), Festival 23
23 Cheshire, Bluedot Festival
24 Sheffield, Tramlines Festival

AUGUST
26 Leeds, The Brudenell Social Club (album launch show)
27 Sheffield, The Picture House (The Audacious Art Experiment Summer Weekender)

SEPTEMBER
17 Glasgow, Freakender
23 Liverpool, Liverpool Psych Fest

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