Westside Cowboy Share Second Single Pin Up Boys From Upcoming Debut Album 'It Goes On'
Thursday, 02 July 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Clémentine Schneidermann
Westside Cowboy have lifted a second single from their debut album.
Pin Up Boys opens with calming vocals before growing emotional intensity builds it into a dynamic indie-rock track. The arrives with a video directed by SNL UK star Jack Shep that you can check out below. The band said:
"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. 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."
Shep added: "Westside Cowboy’s performance style is so energetic and distinct. 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."
The song follows the Manchester band's earlier single Kick Stones (The Boys), the record's opening track, in previewing 'It Goes On', due out on August 21.
They'll celebrate the album with a new run of record store shows kicking off during release week, followed by a headline tour across the UK and Europe this autumn and winter, with the run including shows at London's O2 Forum Kentish Town and Manchester's Albert Hall.
Prior to the tour, they'll join White Lies as support for The Maccabees at London's Alexandra Palace Park on July 9, alongside multiple festival appearances across the UK and Europe throughout the remainder of the summer, including sets at Latitude, Green Man and Reading and Leeds.
Westside Cowboy Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed August 19 2026 - BRIGHTON Resident Music
Thu August 20 2026 - LONDON Rough Trade East
Tue August 25 2026 - LEEDS Jumbo Records
Thu August 27 2026 - LIVERPOOL Rough Trade
Thu September 03 2026 - NOTTINGHAM Rough Trade
Fri September 04 2026 - GLASGOW Assai Records
Wed October 28 2026 - NIJMEGEN Doornroosje (Netherlands)
Thu October 29 2026 - AMSTERDAM Paradiso THT (Netherlands)
Fri October 30 2026 - COLOGNE Helios37 (Germany)
Sun November 01 2026 - AARHUS Voxhall (Denmark)
Thu November 05 2026 - COPENHAGEN Lille Vega (Denmark)
Fri November 06 2026 - BERLIN Lido (Germany)
Sat November 07 2026 - PRAGUE Bike Jesus (Czech Republic)
Mon November 09 2026 - MILAN Arci Bellezza (Italy)
Tue November 10 2026 - ZURICH EXIL (Switzerland)
Thu November 12 2026 - BRUSSELS Botanique (Belgium)
Fri November 13 2026 - PARIS Petit Bain (France)
Sat November 14 2026 - LILLE L Aeronef (France)
Tue November 24 2026 - GLASGOW St Lukes
Wed November 25 2026 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Newcastle University
Thu November 26 2026 - SHEFFIELD Crookes Social Club
Fri November 27 2026 - LEEDS Leeds Irish Centre
Sun November 29 2026 - BIRMINGHAM XOYO
Mon November 30 2026 - SOUTHAMPTON 1865
Tue December 01 2026 - BRIGHTON Chalk
Wed December 02 2026 - LONDON O2 Forum Kentish Town
Fri December 04 2026 - BRISTOL Electric Bristol
Sat December 05 2026 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall
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