Los Angeles, CA (July 19, 2024) – Picking up steam as an artist to watch, Southern alt rocker Willy Cobb serves up a smoking and scorching new EP entitled Country Punkin’ out now via War Buddha / Warner Records. Listen to Country Punkin’ HERE. Check out the full tracklisting below.
The project continues to distinguish him as a sonic maverick armed with country grit, rock ‘n’ roll spirit, punk fire, and a psychedelic perspective all his own. Among many highlights, fuzzed-out guitar underlines shoegaze vocals on “Burnin’.” Emotion overflows from the climactic chorus, “But every other thing you said is burnin’ through my head.” Then, there’s “Daddy On Drugs.” Relaying a dark little tale, a loose riff snakes around the beat as he exhales, “Daddy on drugs, hate it to break it to you.” Cut from a different cloth, the five-track EP affirms Willy as a new kind of musical outlaw.
He bulldozed the way for the project with “Sincerely FU.” Earlier this year, Willy Cobb lit up the introductory single “Cigarette Smell,” which garnered widespread critical acclaim. Rolling Stone touted it among “All the Songs You Need to Know This Week.” Plus, NOTION sat down with him for an in-depth interview and professed, “the single sees Willy Cobb at his best.”
Not to mention, Willy has recently shared the stage with Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters and The Cadillac Three across North America and Europe.
Country Punkin’ Tracklist:
- Cigarette Smell
- Country Punkin’
- Daddy On Drugs
- Burnin’
- Sincerely FU
About Willy Cobb:
Alternative rock singer-songwriter Willy Cobb’s new music, produced and co-written with country singer Brent Cobb and The Cadillac Three leader Jaren Johnston, serves as a dynamic crash course in his blend of down-home pride and punk attitude. As a kid riding in his family’s truck, his dad would throw on Hank Williams, while his mom favored Nirvana. Now a rising talent in Nashville, the singer and guitarist still channels his upbringing in his lyrics, which pay homage to small-town misbehavior and malaise.
Not caring what people think is a crucial aspect of Cobb’s view of himself and his music. While he credits other like-minded Southern artists who flout easy genre labels, Cobb considers himself to be on a unique mission to connect with fans who might feel like outsiders in their communities. “There’s a whole minority of kids in the South that feel like me—that were weird and alternative in high school,” Cobb explains. “I want them to see that you don’t have to be country to be from Georgia.
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