Westside Cowboy release new single ‘Pin Up Boys’

As the release of their debut album draws ever closer, Manchester quartet Westside Cowboy have offered up another preview of it. Arriving in the form of ‘Pin Up Boys’, the track is longtime live favourite, and a relentless offering that packs in gang vocals and euphoric twists and turns.

“’Pin Up Boys’ was written a year and a half ago using an acoustic guitar, a drum machine sample pad and some screwdrivers as drumsticks,” the band have said, of the track. “It is by far the longest serving song on the album and the one that we have played the most live, which was a blessing and a curse when we came to record. After realising this song was set in its ways, we thought the recording should be a somewhat faithful version of the live performance. We hope you get something out of it.”

The single gets lifted from the band’s forthcoming debut LP, ‘It Goes On’ (due for release on 21st August via Island Records), and follows on from their previously-released cut ‘Kick Stones (The Boys)’.

That’s not all, either: alongside the track, the band have shared its official video, which comes directed by comedian and SNL regular Jack Shep. “Westside Cowboy’s performance style is so energetic and distinct,” Jack has said, of the collaboration. “They clearly have a mountainous future ahead of them, and it was awesome to work with young people at the precipice of starting something really special together. 

“In the video we wanted to capture the band’s dynamism, through a spotlight. We follow this fixed, malevolent spotlight chasing our hero (played by the band’s mate, Will) as he tries to escape its gaze. As he runs, he manages to escape, splitting into a new spotlight with a new version of the band. The whole thing begins to buckle and shatter.”

Watch the video for ‘Pin Up Boys’ below.