The much-hyped Manchester group sheds some of its early country influences, focusing instead on tightly wound indie rock and sharp, thoughtful songwriting. It’s a winning combination

I wish I could say to Westside Cowboy: please stop being so overly infatuated with America and embrace your British sensibilities. You absolutely shine when you lean into your Britpop roots and give us highly melodic, crunchy riff-driven two- and-a-half minute rockers

With It Goes On, Westside Cowboy have truly arrived, and something tells me they’ll be sticking around for a while

Manchester outfit Westside Cowboy release their debut album, performing the same movement throughout to (mostly) irrestible effect

There are multiple moments throughout this album where, if played loud enough, you feel as if you are in the room with them, your head inside the hurricane frenzy that this band is so competent operating within

There are unlikely to be many better debuts this year. Print edition only

On the likes of Big Wheels' bittersweet "ba-ba-ba"-ing or the Strokes-y Dobro they prove to be worthy heirs. Print edition only

This debut lives up to their ragged early EPs. Print edition only

It Goes On is about as fine a record as any debut album of the last 20 years

There’s an undeniable youthfulness to the record, a sort of vitality that exists in the early 20s outlook where everything could live or die in one moment

The final track "You Could Have Died There on the Dancefloor" cuts off abruptly, ending the record at around the 30-minute mark and leaving the impression that they've got gas in the tank and a lot more to say, for now It Goes On is certainly enough

The Manchester outfit have made a terrific, wildly confident debut album that's crammed with ideas

Doubling down on their initial rough’n’ready brilliance to make good on their potential and then some

What an undeniable rock inferno this British band has unleashed, where even the quiet parts will swallow or split you

The rock’n’roll quartet meet the hype with a calm and collected approach to their debut album that trusts their collective gut and searches for peace

The Manchester band deliver a debut that proves to be more than worth the hype