Westside Cowboy

Super! presents Westside Cowboy on 1e April 2027 at L'Élysée Montmartre!

In the age of algorithms, Westside Cowboy embodies, with a refreshing authenticity, the magic born of human bonds. Only three years after their formation in Manchester, a group launched for the simple pleasure, without even considering to mount on stage, the quartet (composed of Jimmy Bradbury to the singing and the guitar, Reuben Haycocks on vocals and guitar, Aoife Anson O'Connell on vocals and bass, and Paddy Murphy on drums) signed one of the year's most exciting debut albums. Their method? Follow their instincts and what provided them with well-being, simply.

Aoife, Reuben and Paddy already knew each other through the Royal Northern College of Music, while Jimmy and Paddy had played together in another band a few years earlier. When they met for the first time in the rehearsal room as a quartet, only one rule was required for the rest. “We just wanted to make simple music. I think this alchemy and in hindsight, we were already working very well together after only two weeks came from this very simple intention,” recalls Reuben. “Whenever we disagreed, which was very rare, we relied on our founding principle: if there are too many chords, it’s because you’re wrong.” Born out of a deliberate desire to break with the “more abstract” styles they had each explored before, Westside Cowboy has quickly become the ground for concise and impactful ideas, influenced by “the beginnings of rock’n’roll: Lonnie Donegan, The Beatles and the Velvet Underground,” Paddy explains. Jimmy remembers spending much of 2023 listening to the first five tracks of an Elvis Presley album. “When we started the band, people would ask who was part of it and we’d say, ‘We have a guy who works in a guitar shop, listens to Elvis and dresses like Marty McFly... you see the genre!’” Aoife laughs.