Electric Cowboy Club x Rankd
The chaotic rock'n'roll world of Electric Cowboy Club
ECC have crawled from venue to venue and conjured up a captivating life performance at it’s most authentic – from Ghillie suits, corpse paint and mummification, to beer-soaked shoulder-clashing crowds enamoured by the disturbing contortions of lead vocalist Brandon Parker. The Brighton favourites have resurfaced in recent months, and the reception has been instant, with a bustling appearance at Dome Studio courtesy of QM Records and rumours of further sessions with Gaffa Tape Sandy/ Chasm‘s Kim Jarvis over at local stomping ground Brighton Electric. In our latest full-length interview, we caught Brandon and guitarist James before their sold-out appearance at The Rossi Bar back in February. Reminiscing on their journey, plans and highlights – we uncovered a hidden insight into the 4-piece beyond their solid rock-coated exterior and revealed one thing – these four are staples of the local music scene, and are here to stay.
'My favourite gig was Brighton Fringe - Caravanserai. We had 400 people in a room, they locked the doors, and everyone was scared of us. There was a disco DJ before us, and a country band after us. It was sick.'
Brandon Parker
With debut release ‘Coconut Tree’ setting a strong foundation back in ’22, ECC’s 2024 EP ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Itch’ has since showcased a leap in dynamics and technicality. With the soft spoken-word introduction of ‘Trippin’ (in a Locked Room), and the genre-shifting ‘Disco Fever’ adding a playful twist to earlier released ‘Jungle Fever’, ECC are the never normal, and never settled quartet who duck and dive from convention, settling for a sound of energy-enriched chaos from the very first second.
With ode’s to traditional 16-bar blues in Jungle Fever + Trippin’ (in a Locked Room) , ECC are reviving a retro soundscape with their own back-bending twist – a thundering 30-minute extravaganza when transferred live, and something that has granted them access to stages in every corner of the UK. From Weymouth to Sheffield – no town or city is off the cards for their antics, a reign that has also seen them perform alongside punk royalty ‘The Exploited’ back in 2023.
ECC are back – and they’re impossible to ignore!
Watch the full interview on rankd.uk.
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