View basket “The Unscratchable Itch” has been added to your basket. Fear Of… Cowtown SKU: WAAT083LP Barcode: 5056321635709 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Gringo Records Released Date: 31st May 2024 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Forthcoming Pre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info First album in 8 years from Leeds Devo-esque DIY punk trio, full of three minute pop blasts. Have previously toured with Deerhoof and Quasi. Surviving five years as a band on the UK underground scene is difficult to do, lasting for 20 takes a near miracle. However, Cowtown – Leeds formed and raised trio of Hilary Knott (keys/vocals), Jonathan Nash (guitars/vocals) and David Shields (drums) – arrive blinking into 2024 not only intact and able to celebrate two decades together as bandmates and friends, but armed with Fear Of… their first new record in eight years, and a collection of songs that hand-on-heart, away from the sales speak, may be their best work to-date. Friendship can keep a band going for so long, but it’s more than that that’s seen this ostensibly DIY band enjoy European tours with heroes Deerhoof and Quasi, play festivals at home and abroad, and during several periods of time in their history become the most requested hometown support in their native Leeds for any touring band worth their salt – not to mention their own ability to continually sell out shows up and down the UK with little to no backing. Other projects have come and gone – Nash perhaps most notably as drummer in Hookworms which has since evolved into Holodrum; Knott stepping further into the experimental undergrowth as Basic Switches, among other collaborative efforts – yet the band have remained. Their fizzed-up brand of Devo-esque punk full of pop smarts has never stood still, constantly being updated and tweaked to sound timeless and subsequently outlast whichever latest guitar sub-genre has cycled back into fashion once again. Always though, Cowtown have kept at their core a warm sense of humour, positivity and the cartoonishly abstract song writing sense that’s always felt like their own small corner of the musical world A 20-year habit is hard to kick though and the group came to the same conclusion as everyone else; which was to crack on and try not to fear the outcome – and so Fear Of… is here. Silly as it might be to say for a band whose members are living through middle age, there’s a newer maturity to Cowtown’s sound. That doesn’t mean a monotone faced dumbing down of the frenzied hooks and two-minute blasts that they’ve cornered the market in – heck, the 11 tracks here clock in at a combed 30 minutes or so – but there is the slightest of breathing spaces given here and there. Wonderboy II is a typically all-guns-blazing intro to the album but then they just as quickly change direction, with the angular march of Can’t Talk Now that purposefully strides into a big chorus rather than rushing breathlessly up to it as they might have done previously. As Close To Town As I Like It meanwhile glides along underneath Knott’s more measured turn on lead vocal; she takes centre stage on Sea Lions too which recollects Dolittle-era Pixies in its ascendant guitar riffs thudding percussion. There’s still plenty of moments where the trio take the clutch fully off, of course – Thru Being Zuul, Offend Kliph and Total Engagement are two tracks that are the kind of giddy, breathless slices of pop punk (not that kind) fun that the band have made their staple over the past 20 years. Currently Unavailable meanwhile is a suitable rousing finale that touches euphoric heights. Ultimately for Cowtown that search for positivity remains their guiding force; 20 years in and at times it can feel harder than ever for the trio to find it, but Fear Of… is the sound of a band who can still find celebration in the simple importance of being able to make music with your best mates. Artist Cowtown Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Gringo Records Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Wonderboy II Can't Talk Now Thru Being Zuul Offend Kliph Total Engagement As Close To Town As I Like To Get Humble Practitioner No Excursions Sea Lions Peace In Our Time Currently Unavailable Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Cowtown and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Cowtown Paranormal Romance Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Hot Salvation/The Audacious Art Experiment | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 19th August 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cowtown Paranormal Romance £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hot Salvation/The Audacious Art Experiment SKU: HS009 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 19th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View ALL Problematic Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Epitaph | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 21st July 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders ALL Problematic £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Epitaph SKU: 265854 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 21st July 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Damned, The Music For Pleasure Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sanctuary | 1LP Released 13th April 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Damned, The Music For Pleasure £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sanctuary SKU: 5414939808814 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th April 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Wild Flag Wild Flag Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Merge Records | 1LP Released 21st July 2023 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wild Flag Wild Flag £24.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Merge Records SKU: MRG411LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st July 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Emma Ruth Rundle May Our Chambers Be Full Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 4th December 2020 £ Select options Emma Ruth Rundle May Our Chambers Be Full £ Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sacred Bones Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 4th December 2020 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Fall of Troy, The Mukiltearth Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Big Scary Monsters | 1LP Released 23rd October 2020 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fall of Troy, The Mukiltearth £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Big Scary Monsters SKU: BSM288V Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bad Breeding Human Capital Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | One Little Independent | 1LP Released 8th July 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bad Breeding Human Capital £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: One Little Independent SKU: TPLP1733 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th July 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dove & The Wolf, The I Dont Know What To Feel Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Fat Possum | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 24th March 2017 £11.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dove & The Wolf, The I Dont Know What To Feel £11.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Fat Possum SKU: FP16051 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 24th March 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sunwatchers Oh Yeah? 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