CoSign: Westside Cowboy Just Dropped One of the Best Debut Albums in Recent Memory

CoSign is a recurring feature series from Consequence that puts a spotlight on a rising artist who has caught our eyes and ears with an exciting new release. For the latest edition, we chop it up with rising UK indie rockers Westside Cowboy, who just released their excellent debut album It Goes On. “Sorry, we’re currently in our van, and we’ve just ran to the chippy after a gig,” Westside Cowboy’s Jimmy Bradbury says over Zoom with two fries — sorry — chips in hand. He’s indeed in the back of their tour van, sitting next to fellow bandmate Reuben Haycocks, who’s also finding life in the spoils of the post-show chippy run. They’re graciously reconnecting with me after a corrupted file erased the recording of our first chat, which featured Bradbury and drummer Paddy Murphy uncovering the secrets of the universe. “If you heard that, Aoife was just choking in the front,” they clarify as the van gets moving. Get It Goes On on Vinyl/CD The gig they’re returning from was a “semi-acoustic” in-store performance at the Brighton record shop Resident Music, the first date of their “UK Record Store Tour” that celebrates the release of their brand new debut album, It Goes On. “We’ve never done i...