Review: Cowboys International - The Original Sin
Cowboys International lasted for about two years, with this LP coming in the middle. They're remembered as an electronic pop group, which is the same false designation given many bands. They had a keyboard player like everyone else. It was no more important in the mix than the guitarists. Later in their career they were said to be moving toward dance music, but as far as I know by then they stopped recording.
Cowboys International were a great pop band, but very updated. You won't find a finer example of post-punk than what's on The Original Sin. The songs take on various styles of new wave, each with its own nice touches.
I'd say their contemporaries would be Squeeze, but not. There's an eccentricity to the songs that makes them better. No two songs are alike but they come from the same sensibility.
It's a shame records like this are left to languish.
Go download it ^^
Cowboys International were a great pop band, but very updated. You won't find a finer example of post-punk than what's on The Original Sin. The songs take on various styles of new wave, each with its own nice touches.
I'd say their contemporaries would be Squeeze, but not. There's an eccentricity to the songs that makes them better. No two songs are alike but they come from the same sensibility.
It's a shame records like this are left to languish.
Go download it ^^