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Westside Cowboy drop final debut EP single ‘Drunk Surfer’
‘This Better Be Something Great’ lands this Friday via Nice Swan x Heist Or Hit.
Manchester risers Westside Cowboy have shared new single ‘Drunk Surfer’ - our final preview of their debut EP ‘This Better Be Something Great’, ahead of its release this Friday (8th August).
It comes in the wake of a packed few months for the quartet, who won this year’s Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition and have quickly amassed a cult fanbase thanks to their immediate, timeless brand of ‘Britainicana’.
Speaking about ‘Drunk Surfer’ (which follows debut offering ‘I’d Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)’, ‘Shells’, and ‘Alright Alright Alright’ to be the fourth track lifted from the EP), guitarist and co-vocalist Reuben Haycocks has noted that the song is “in all honesty was about a time that I have since forgotten.”
Continuing, he shares: “This is not something that I regret however, as the song is now free to take on new meanings depending on the context of my life. I hope it can work like this for others also.”
Read our full review of ‘This Better Be Something Great’ here - which was produced by English Teacher’s Lewis Whiting - and check out the video for ‘Drunk Surfer’ below.
It’s already been a packed Summer for WSCB, but there’s no rest for the wicked! They’re heading out on tour with Blondshell and Black Country, New Road this Autumn, as well as playing a whole host of their own headline shows; find their full upcoming live schedule below.
AUGUST 2025
09 Yes Pink Room, Manchester
16 Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons
23 Harbour Parade, Southampton
24 All Points East, London
28 End Of The Road Festival, Dorset
30 Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester
SEPTEMBER 2025
02 Button Factory, Dublin (with Blondshell)
04 New Century Hall, Manchester (with Blondshell)
06 Oran Mor, Glasgow (with Blondshell)
07 Project House, Leeds (with Blondshell)
08 SWX, Bristol (with Blondshell)
10 CHALK Live, Brighton (with Blondshell)
11 Electric Brixton, London (with Blondshell)
12 Electric Brixton, London (with Blondshell)
14 Leffingeleuren Festival, Leffinge
16 ACU, Utrecht
17 Nochtspeicher, Hamburg
27 Float Along, Sheffield
OCTOBER 2025
09 Casino de Paris, Paris (with Black Country, New Road)
10 Stereolux, Nantes (with Black Country, New Road)
12 Paradiso, Amsterdam (with Black Country, New Road)
13 Paradiso, Amsterdam (with Black Country, New Road)
14 Gloria, Cologne (with Black Country, New Road)
15 Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin (with Black Country, New Road)
17 VEGA, Copenhagen (with Black Country, New Road)
18 Fållan, Johanneshov (with Black Country, New Road)
19 Sentrum Scene, Oslo (with Black Country, New Road)
21 Mojo Club, Hamburg (with Black Country, New Road)
22 Roxy, Prague (with Black Country, New Road)
23 Les Docks, Lausanne (with Black Country, New Road)
25 Magazzini Generali, Milan (with Black Country, New Road)
26 Epicerie Moderne, Lyon (with Black Country, New Road)
28 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels (with Black Country, New Road)
NOVEMBER 2025
18 Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
19 The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
21 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
22 KOLA, Portsmouth
25 Future Yard, Birkenhead
26 The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge
27 The Fulford Arms, York
28 Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
DECEMBER 2025
10 Night Club 101, New York, NY
15 Scribble, Los Angeles, CA
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