Mancunian indie quartet Westside Cowboy picked a solid base for their new single Kick Stones (The Boys): a live recording of The Velvet Underground's What Goes On. With that unrelenting riff secured they went on to write a song inspired by FC United of Manchester, founded shortly after Manchester United was taken over by American billionaire and all-round asshole Malcolm Glazer.
The band loves the lads doing their best to bring football back to people who can't afford a ticket for a Premier League match. Seventh tier fames are not about epic skills, but embracing mistakes as part of the game, a sentiment that is echoed by the warts-and-all lo-fi approach of the track.
Kick Stones (The Boys) is released via Island Records. Their new albumn It Goes On will hit the shops on August 12th (vinyl, CD, digital). The video was directed by Edie Lawrence.
Live dates:- 05/22 Bearded Theory, Walton-on-Trent, UK
- 05/24 Neighbourhood, Warrington, UK
- 06/13 Rock For People, Brno, Czech Republic
- 06/21 TRNSMT, Glasgow, UK
- 07/04 Down The Rabbit Hole, Ewijk, Netherlands
- 07/05 Rock Werchter, Werchter, Belgium
- 07/09 Ally Pally Park, London, UK (with The Maccabees)
- 07/10 BBK, Bilbao, Spain
- 07/18 Bukta, Tromso, Norway
- 07/24 Tramlines, Sheffield, UK
- 07/25 Latitude, Beccles, UK
- 07/26 Truck, Oxfordshire, UK
- 08/06 Haldern Pop, Haldern-Rees, Germany
- 08/08 Winterthurer Musikfestwochen, Winterthur, Switzerland
- 08/12 Vodaphone Paredes De Coura, Praia do Taboão, Portugal
- 08/14 Oya, Oslo, Norway
- 08/21 Green Man, Crickhowell, UK
- 08/28 Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
- 08/30 Reading Festival, Reading, UK
- 10/28 Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 10/29 Paradiso THT, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 10/30 Helios37, Cologne, Germany
- 11/01 Voxhall, Aarhus, Denmark
- 11/05 Lille Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 11/06 Lido, Berlin, Germany
- 11/07 Bike Jesus, Prague, Czech Republic
- 11/09 Arci Bellezza, Milan, Italy
- 11/10 Exil, Zurich, Switzerland
- 11/12 Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
- 11/13 Petit Bain, Paris, France
- 11/14 L'Aéronef , Lille, France
- 11/24 St Luke's, Glasgow, UK
- 11/25 NUSU, Newcastle, UK
- 11/26 Crookes Social Club, Sheffield, UK
- 11/27 Irish Centre, Leeds, UK
- 11/29 XOYO, Birmingham, UK
- 11/30 1865, Southampton, UK
- 12/01 Chalk, Brighton, UK
- 12/02 O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK
- 12/04 Electric Bristol, Bristol, UK
- 12/05 Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
