Album Info Hide Show Artist: Oliver Tree Album: Cowboy Tears Released: USA & Europe, 2022 Tracklist: A1 Cowboys Don’t Cry A2 Swing & A Miss A3 Freaks & Geeks A4 Doormat A5 Suitcase Full Of Cash A6 Cigarettes B1 Balloon Boy B2 Things We Used To Do B3 California B4 Get Well Soon B5 Playing With Fire B6 The Villain B7 Cowboy Tears Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. 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If you change your mind you have 30 days to return your record but you must cover the cost of returning it to the store. You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Oliver Tree rode into 2022 with Cowboy Tears, his second fulllength on Atlantic, arriving 18 February with a Stetson, a smirk, and a proper curveball of an altpop record. It takes his prankster persona and flips it toward something earnest. He still plays the clown, but this time the jokes come wrapped in twangy guitars and songs about heartbreak and bravado, the kind you hum on the tram and then realise are a bit sad when the chorus hits. The album leans into a kind of nofrills folkpop that suits his nasal, stopyouinyourtracks voice. You get bright acoustic strums, singalong hooks, and that scrappy, DIY edge he loves, just with more dust on the boots. The cowboy shtick could have felt like a meme stretched to album length, yet he threads a proper narrative about vulnerability and the myths we build around toughness. Its still tongue in cheek, but theres a soft centre here that wasnt as frontandcentre on Ugly Is Beautiful. Cowboys Dont Cry is the pitchperfect entry point. It kicks off like a mockanthem for stiff upper lips, then cracks open into a big, armswide chorus that admits the opposite. The writing is simple and sticky by design, which is why it works. You can hear the radio instincts at play, but the production keeps it scuffed, like a bar stool with initials carved in it. Freaks & Geeks pushes harder on the pop throttle, a rush of drums and bright guitars built for festival fields. Hes always had a knack for slogans you can shout back at him, and this one lands as both pep talk and outsider pride badge. Those two tracks set the stakes: broad appeal, but with splinters. Dig a little deeper and the record rewards you with sly little choices. He throws in cartoonish adlibs and sudden dropouts, then lets a chorus bloom with layered harmonies that feel pinched from a dusty country 45. The palette stays consistent, yet each song finds its own pocket. He doesnt go full Nashville crooner, thank goodness; its more a collage of folk, surfy indie, and playground chant pop, dressed in denim. That balance is the trick. Plenty of artists try on genre costumes and disappear under the weight. Tree uses the costume as a prop and keeps the writing front and centre. If you followed the rollout, youll know he paired the singles with highconcept videos and took the album on the road for the Cowboy Tears tour in 2022. The live show made the songs snap into place. These choruses are built for communal yellalongs, and the bittersweet undercurrent comes through when a roomful of people sing them like they mean it. A deluxe edition followed later that year with extra tracks, which extended the theme rather than muddying it, and gave fans more ammo for setlists. On wax, the albums charm really pops. Spin the Cowboy Tears vinyl and those acoustic guitars sit a touch warmer, the low end thumps a bit friendlier, and the choruses feel built to fill a lounge room. If youre chasing Oliver Tree vinyl locally, a good Melbourne record store will probably have a copy tucked alongside the indiepop oddballs, though you can also buy Oliver Tree records online if the shelves are bare. For collectors, keeping an eye out for Oliver Tree albums on vinyl is half the fun; different variants tend to drift in and out of shops across vinyl records Australia, and this one suits a weekend play with friends who swear they dont like country and then ask to borrow it. What makes Cowboy Tears stick is how neatly it reframes him. The memes and scooters are still part of the lore, but these songs stand up even without the visual gags. He writes choruses that feel like messages scrawled on a school desk, honest and a bit cheeky, and the production stays just rough enough to keep you on your toes. It isnt trying to be a capitalS Statement. Its a tight, replayable set that carves out its own corner between radio pop and barband strum, and it shows a songwriter whos sharper and more sincere than the costume might suggest. Put simply, Cowboy Tears is the rare conceptleaning record that works as an everyday listen. Come for the jokes. Stay for the hooks, the heart, and the way it turns a cowboy hat into a confession booth. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review