Ok Cowgirl Share “Cruise The Town” Single + Video Rhinestone Cowgirl LP

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Brooklyn, NY indie-rock band Ok Cowgirl today have shared their new single “Cruise The Town” from 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.

 

FEATURE INTERVIEW:

 Cruise The Town’ captures a feeling that’s both nostalgic and restless, almost like driving with nowhere specific to go but needing to keep moving. What story or moment inspired the song, and what does ‘cruising the town’ symbolize for you?
That’s super insightful. I grew up in metro-Detroit. When I was a teenager I passed a lot of time just driving around town with my friends or sitting in particular parking lots that had been deemed destinations. It was a space where we had autonomy and privacy, and it was the perfect place for two of my favorite things: listening to music and chatting. As I got older I found I did a lot of my best thinking while driving.
There’s something about that headspace when you’re driving a route you know like the back of your hand, and are focused just enough on the road, but not completely preoccupied. Living in NYC I don’t drive as much these days, and it’s definitely something I get nostalgic over. I wrote this song about wanting to take it easy more after realizing that my workaholic tendencies were hijacking my life. This feeling of ‘cruising the town’ just seemed to embody the type of ease I was craving.
Your music often balances classic American rock with deeply personal songwriting. On ‘Cruise The Town,’ how did you approach pairing that expansive, open-road sound with the emotional weight of the lyrics, and was there a particular feeling you wanted listeners to take with them?
Most of the time I write songs in a pretty stripped down way and then bring them to the band to arrange parts and build out the larger sound. But this song was inspired by a riff that my bandmate John Miller came up with at rehearsal. I recorded a snippet and then took it home and wrote the lyrics and melody around it. I wanted this song to feel laid back and carefree, like driving with the windows down and reaching your hand out to feel the air passing through your fingertips.
“Cruise The Town” arrives on an album that wrestles with memory, loss, and resilience, but also finds moments of humor and hope. Where does this song fit within the emotional journey of Rhinestone Cowgirl, and why was it important for it to be part of the album’s story?
This record is about a lot of heavy things. “Cruise The Town” has a bit of angst but it’s probably the closest I’ve ever gotten to a slacker rock song. I think the general attitude of the song and its message of cutting yourself some slack balances out the impassioned tone that a lot of our other songs have. This song isn’t too emotionally packed or sonically intense even though it’s about self-reflection and personal philosophies. I like that it’s serious without taking itself too seriously.

Ok Cowgirl – Live Dates:

7/17 – Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool
8/22 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right (LP Release show)

 

Photo Credit: Justin Buschardt

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