Plastic Cowboys and the sweet and sour post punk tersity of "Clichéd Ciggy Smoker"

 

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From the Westmeath area of Ireland, Plastic Cowboys are an artful indie rock duo made up of Ciaran McGann (vox and guitar) and Darren McCarthy (bass). Their tack, "Clichéd Ciggy Smoker" has an overall post punk flavor, with art and jangle pop affections. I am really digging the stripped down feel and Ciaran's vox that have parts bite and pout, part politico punk and glam, at least, to me. 

Of the track he shares: 

“Cliched Ciggy Smoker is about my feelings towards incel culture and, and the delusion, misogyny and hypocrisy that can be found within it. This culture surrounds itself with self-victimhood fuelled by the notion that women's only purpose in life is to be a commodity for men, and because their stocks are empty, it is to the fault of half the population of the world rather than their own insecurities and flaws.”

It is brilliant for artists like this to craft potent, catchy indie rock that is actually about something. "Clichéd Ciggy Smoker" is a follow up to Plastic Cowboys recent 2021 EP "Splinter".

-Robb Donker Curtius

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Plastic Cowboys are an indie rock duo from Westmeath, who formed in the spring of 2019. Their sound has been described as an electric combination of 70s punk rock, art punk, and grunge fused together with modern production.


Plastic Cowboys
Ciaran McGann - Vocals, Guitar
Darren McCarthy - Bass

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