{{Short description|English rock band}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | name = Westside Cowboy | image = Westside Cowboy at Clwb Ifor Bach Nov 2025.jpg | caption = Westside Cowboy performing in 2025 | origin = Manchester, England | genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|indie rock|Americana}} | years_active = 2023–present | label = Nice Swan | current_members = Jimmy Bradbury<br>Reuben Haycocks<br> Aoife Anson O'Connell<br>Paddy Murphy }} '''Westside Cowboy''' are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 2023. The band members are Jimmy Bradbury (vocals, guitar), Reuben Haycocks (vocals, guitar), Aoife Anson O'Connell (vocals, bass) and Paddy Murphy (drums).
The band won Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition in 2025.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Goggins |first=Joe |date=2025-06-25 |title=Westside Cowboy: the band bringing 'Britainicana' to Glastonbury |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/westside-cowboy-interview-glastonbury-this-better-be-something-great-radar-3872063 |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== History == The band formed after meeting at The University of Manchester.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Westside Cowboy: “This wasn’t the plan at all!” {{!}} Interview |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/westside-cowboy-are-on-the-rise-interview |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US}}</ref> After playing in other bands - Haycocks and Murphy in a noise pop group named DieKaiDie, and Murphy and Bradbury as part of Katz, a 'three-piece surf-punk band that played so fast it ceased to exist' - they formed Westside Cowboy with O'Connell.
Bradbury chose the band's name, inspired by the early industrial revolution in New York. He told ''NME'', "the locals didn't know what trains were, and people were getting hit by them, so to control the speed of the trains, they would have guys ride slowly on horseback in front of them, and they became known as the Westside Cowboys."<ref name=":0" />
"I've Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)", the band's debut single, was released on 7 November 2024, on Nice Swan Records. This was followed by the singles "Shells", "Alright, Alright, Alright", and "Drunk Surfer", preceding the release of their debut EP, ''This Better Be Something Great'', on 8 August 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2025-06-18 |title=Westside Cowboy detail debut EP ‘This Better Be Something Great’ |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/westside-cowboy-detail-debut-ep-this-better-be-something-great-51153/ |access-date=2026-01-20 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref>
They released their second extended play, ''So Much Country 'Till We Get There'' on 16 January 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=2026-01-19 |title=Westside Cowboy Release New 'So Much Country 'Till We Get There' EP |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/westside-cowboy-release-new-so-much-country-till-we-get-there-ep/ |access-date=2026-01-20 |website=Clash Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 2026 Westside Cowboy supported Geese on the European leg of the Getting Killed Tour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-20 |title=Westside Cowboy Share New Song "Can’t See": Listen |url=https://stereogum.com/2480280/westside-cowboy-cant-see/music/ |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=stereogum.com |language=en}}</ref>
In May 2026 the band announced that their debut album ''It Goes On'' would be released by Island Records on 21 August and shared its first single "Kick Stones (The Boys)".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rigotti |first=Alex |date=2026-05-21 |title=Westside Cowboy announce debut album ‘It Goes On’ with “mad, ‘70s rock” single ‘Kick Stones (The Boys)’ |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/westside-cowboy-announce-debut-album-it-goes-on-with-mad-70s-rock-single-kick-stones-the-boys-3946590 |access-date=2026-05-22 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Discography == ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+List of albums released, with title and details ! scope="col" style="width: 13em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width: 20em;" | Details |- ! scope="row" | ''It Goes On'' | *Planned Release Date: 21 August 2026 *Label: Island *Formats: LP, streaming |- |} ===Extended plays=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+List of extended plays, with title and details ! scope="col" style="width: 13em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width: 20em;" | Details |- ! scope="row" | ''This Better Be Something Great'' | *Release Date: 8 August 2025 *Label: Heist or Hit, Nice Swan *Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |- ! scope="row" | ''So Much Country 'Till We Get There'' | *Release Date: 16 January 2026 * Label: Island *Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |- |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of singles, showing year released ! scope="col" style="width: 12.8em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width: 4em;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width: 10em;" | Album |- ! scope="row" | "I've Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)" |2024 |rowspan=4 | ''This Better Be Something Great'' |- ! scope="row" | "Shells" |rowspan=5 | 2025 |- ! scope="row" | "Alright Alright Alright" |- ! scope="row" | "Drunk Surfer" |- ! scope="row" | "Don't Throw Rocks" |rowspan=2 | ''So Much Country 'Till We Get There'' |- ! scope="row" | "Can't See" |- ! scope="row" | "Kick Stones (The Boys)" | 2026 | ''It Goes On'' |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Musical groups established in 2023 Category:Americana music groups Category:Alternative rock groups from Manchester Category:English indie rock groups Category:English musical quartets Category:Island Records artists