Against Me! will release The Original Cowboy on July 7th through Fat Wreck Chords. The release features the predominantly never-before-heard demos that were recorded at Goldentone Studio in Gainesville, FL with Rob McGregor on July 15th, 2003. The session was scheduled prior to Against Me!’s trip to Memphis’ Ardent Studios where As the Eternal Cowboy was recorded. Frontman Tom Gabel had this to say of the recording:
Having already recorded our first full length album and two previous EPs with Rob at Goldentone, we wanted to do something different for our second full length. We specifically wanted to make an all analog recording with as few overdubs as possible which is what we could do at Ardent. With Rob McGregor coming along to produce, we wanted to make sure he was familiar with the songs, so we made this demo recording. Recorded and mixed in only a couple of hours, The Original Cowboy was only meant to be a trial run, but, listening to it today, there’s a part of me that feels foolish for ever recording these songs a second time.
The tracklisting to the release is as follows:
1. A Brief Yet Triumphant Introduction/Cliche Guevarra 2. Mutiny On The Electronic Bay 3. T.S.R 4. Rice And Bread 5. Cavalier Eternal 6. Unsubstantiated Rumors 7. Slurring The Rhythms 8. You Look Like I Need A Drink/ Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists
