BILLY THE KID - SINGLE REVIEW

Billy The Kid - Back To You (Xtra Mile Recordings)
Billy The Kid - Back To You

Release Date: 30th June 2014

I recently tweeted about some of my favourite labels around these days and Xtra Mile were in that list without a doubt. One of the reasons is that they continuously uncover artists like Canadian singer-songwriter Billy Pettinger, aka Billy The Kid. If punk-folk is a thing then that is what Billy plays as she strums like a Dylan, Bragg or Young but has the passion in her voice of a Springsteen or Ryan Adams. Forthcoming single 'Back To You' encapsulates all those influences and more (is there a bit of Against Me! and Belly in there as well?) but also contains some cracking lyrics with the chorus refrain of "You learn a lot about a girl from the way she falls apart" being the pick of the bunch. I'm hoping there's a load more to come from Ms Pettinger and judging from the collaborative work she's doing with Sir Frank Turner there is no getting rid of her any time soon.

More information: http://billythekidonline.com/

Live Dates:

7th June - SO36, Berlin
10th June - Live Music Hall, Cologne
12th June - Live Forum, Milan
17th June - Rosenhof, Lower Saxony
18th June - Scheune, Dresden
19th June - Schlachtof, Wiesbaden
24th June - The Haunt, Brighton
25th June - Gorilla, Manchester

26th June - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

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