✦ Manchester-born Westside Cowboy was gearing up to bang on the doors of the indie scene with their second single Shells, which won them the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition. Now that track, fusing energetic guitar textures with emotional harmonies, creates an impact with what they define as their signature sound: Britainicana . Britainicana: A Meeting Point of English Indie and the American Spirit Westside Cowboy has adopted a sound they call Britainicana: a bridge between British indie-pop melodies and American country/rockabilly references. Born from the underground scene of Manchester, this sound carries an honest and spontaneous spirit. What started as home-studio rehearsals of Hank Williams and Bob Dylan covers eventually blossomed into a distinctive identity of their own. “Shells”: The Explosion of a Humble Beginning Shells opens with 90 seconds of soft, introspective balladry. But just then, foggy guitars, tangled harmonies, and rhythm changes erupt like chord s...
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