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Rhinestone Cowgirl LP Out 8/21 via Easy Does It Records
PRAISE FOR OK COWGIRL
"'Prepared to Lose' plays like the type of Carolina-set rock music Wednesday has been blazing new trails within, only with catchier hooks in lieu of heavy feedback."
— FLOOD Magazine
"Ok Cowgirl are officially full steam ahead."
— The Line of Best Fit
"'It Wasn't You, It Was A Feeling' is a proper introduction to the next chapter of Ok Cowgirl, one that is already promising an artistic evolution from an already singular band."
— Glide Magazine
Brooklyn, NY indie-rock band Ok Cowgirl today have shared their new single "Cruise The Town" from their Alex Farrar (MJ Lenderman, Indigo De Souza, Wednesday) produced LP Rhinestone Cowgirl, due out August 21st via Easy Does It Records. The upbeat, buoyant track follows singles "God Made A Farmer" and "Prepared To Lose," which have earned praise and support from FLOOD Magazine, The Line of Best Fit, RIFF Magazine, and more.
"This is the only song on the record that I co-wrote," vocalist Leah Lavigne says. "I wrote the lyrics and melody around a guitar riff that John came up with. To me, that riff felt like driving around with the 'heat turned on and the windows down.' One of my simple pleasures in life. The lyrics ended up being largely about my relationship to control. I can make myself absolutely miserable white-knuckling every aspect of my life, and I've been working on loosening my grip and going a little easier on myself."
On Rhinestone Cowgirl, the Brooklyn-based indie rock outfit seems to be sharpening the emotionally direct songwriting and textured arrangements that have become their signature. Led by vocalist Lavigne, the band's new sophomore LP follows 2024's debut Couldn't Save Us From My Gut, and where that record traced the fault lines of self-trust and romantic unraveling, Rhinestone Cowgirl widens the lens. It's a bigger, brighter, more self-assured record, one that trades the debut's inward spiral for something closer to catharsis.
Produced once again by Alex Farrar (MJ Lenderman, Indigo De Souza, Wednesday), Rhinestone Cowgirl deepens the creative partnership that shaped the band's debut while pushing the sound into new territory.
The band is set to play two live shows in New York: July 17th at Union Pool, and their record release show, August 22nd at Baby's All Right.
"Cruise The Town" is out today via Easy Does It Records.
Ok Cowgirl – Live Dates
- 7/17 – Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool
- 8/22 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby's All Right (LP Release Show)
Rhinestone Cowgirl – Tracklisting
- Rock N Roll Ruined My Life
- Wished I Could Be
- God Made A Farmer
- Cruise The Town
- Fun Girl
- Rhinestone Cowgirl
- Coffee & Conversation
- Winner
- Prepared To Lose
- Suspended Disbelief
Ok Cowgirl – Bio
Ok Cowgirl is an American Rock Band reminiscent of a past before streaming, algorithms, and AI slop, when a band was a way of life. The band—made up of singer and songwriter Leah Lavigne, guitarist Jacob Sabinsky, multi-instrumentalist John Miller, bassist Ryan Work, and drummer Matt Birkenholz—conjures the anthemic nostalgia and joyful rebelliousness of Sheryl Crow, Liz Phair, and Bruce Springsteen. At the same time, Rhinestone Cowgirl, their sophomore LP, places Ok Cowgirl in the lineage of modern auteurs like Waxahatchee, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Angel Olsen, and fits nicely into the world of renowned producer Alex Farrar's other work with MJ Lenderman, Wednesday, Indigo De Souza, and Girl Puppy.
Furthermore, Rhinestone Cowgirl is an American Rock Record. Cue wistful desert vistas and empty highways, dim yellow lights hanging above scuffed green pool table felt. This is Drinking Music. It's a soundtrack to nursing our accumulated wounds. It asks us to ask ourselves how we made it this far. It is survivor's guilt, a grappling with who we had to leave behind, why we did, and what it might have looked like if we had played our hand differently. "Sometimes I wonder if she would've died / If she would've left with me," Lavigne asks on the title track. It's a question without a simple answer, and this yearning lies at the heart of Rhinestone Cowgirl.
That's not to say Ok Cowgirl believes there are no ways to cope beyond the aforementioned comfort at the bottom of a bottle. There is a certain dark sense of humor underlying Lavigne's stoic acceptance of the profound tragedy of the human condition. "So babe laugh a good laugh / Carve your own path / Got no answers to share," she offers on "God Made A Farmer." It's an easier pill to swallow when you can share it with others, "Laughing about the dark stuff / I knew we could be friends," she sings on "Winner." It's not an answer, but it's the
