Kick Stones (The Boys) by Westside Cowboy on Apple Music
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Westside Cowboy's debut album *It Goes On* is built around an emergent thematic concern with time and motion that the Manchester quartet discovered only after completing the record, though this pattern manifests across the 11 tracks as a balance between youthful exuberance and compositional depth. Produced by Geese collaborator Loren Humphrey, the album spans emotive guitar pop, dusty Americana, and euphoric builds, with the band deliberately aiming for it to sound young and energetic rather than overly polished or mature. In a track-by-track breakdown, the band discuss how many songs nearly didn't make the cut due to internal doubts, how they drew inspiration from LCD Soundsystem and Future Islands, and how the final two tracks were preserved from pre-production demos specifically to end the album on a note of quiet uplift rather than grand emotional catharsis.