In an age of algorithms, Westside Cowboy are pure-spirited proof of the magic that can only come from human connection. Just three years on from forming in Manchester, starting a band for the fun of it without so much as a plan to even play a gig, the quartet – Jimmy Bradbury (vocals, guitar), Reuben Haycocks (vocals, guitar), Aoife Anson O’Connell (vocals, bass) and Paddy Murphy (drums) – have crafted perhaps the year’s most exciting debut, It Goes On, by simply figuring out what feels good, and following it into the horizon.
“Because we didn’t think we were gonna [do any of this] at the beginning,” explains Aoife, “all we were thinking was : ‘What’s going to be the most enjoyable thing to play right now?’” Let’s find out together at the Congés Annulés festival !