Available
now on vinyl and
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Radio Jaruco
the new album from West Egg
Tune in and turn it up
Radio Jaruco is an album about trying to navigate the emotional landscape between people. Across its 10 songs, the band explores love, loss, endurance and the quiet reckonings that arrive when ambition collides with gravity.
At its core, Radio Jaruco is also an intimate homage to Cuba and to songwriter Mark Cooper’s family roots. The album draws inspiration from the island’s emotional geography—its isolation, volatile climate and the way its history lingers. On the new record, a classical Spanish guitar that once belonged to Mark’s Cuban grandmother, Chacha, is included in the mix. On the album’s cover is a radio owned by Mark’s grandfather. A sense of signals crossing water runs throughout the record. Musically, the title track captures the spirit perfectly: a steady transmission from a fixed place, reminding us that sometimes the most powerful act is to stay put, turn it up and listen closely.
More Music from the band
East Coast (2026)
A stand-out selection from West Egg’s album The Cactus Land, “East Coast (2026)” is a newly recorded update. The song’s composer, Kirk Wiggers, plays all the instruments and sings, except for the haunting guitar solo, played by Mark Cooper, and Wes Brazell’s melancholy piano and background vocals.
The Cactus land
Referencing a symbolic realm in T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men, West Egg’s full-length debut was released in 1999 with a bang, not a whimper. It features 10 originals that flirt with Eliot’s classic themes of brokenness and loss enveloped in sounds inspired by classic rock and pop of the 1970s.
ALICO
During their college days in Central Texas in the late 1980s, Kirk, Mark and Wes recorded their West Egg debut, a six-song EP of originals. They named it in honor of Waco’s historic ALICO building, which has endured Texas tornadoes when other buildings crumbled.
About West Egg
College mates Kirk Wiggers, Mark Cooper and Wes Brazell formed West Egg in the 1980s, finding their groove in pop melodies with a rock edge and lyrics that actually mean something. Their sound merges The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, U2 and other influences into something solely original. West Egg—the band name is a nod to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby—regrouped in 2025 and went into the recording studio with some new tunes and a renewed sense of creative energy. Longtime collaborator Dave Pardue was on hand to help produce and engineer, and Marty Cooper was the mixing engineer. The result is Radio Jaruco, a thematic collection named after an iconic Cuban radio station. Echoing the character of the Caribbean island, West Egg’s new album grapples with themes of isolation, legacy and a volatile climate.
Radio Jaruco
the new album from West Egg
Available now on vinyl and streaming. For vinyl, contact markwcooper [at] gmail.com.
Tune in and turn it up
Radio Jaruco is an album about trying to navigate the emotional landscape between people. Across its 10 songs, the band explores love, loss, endurance and the quiet reckonings that arrive when ambition collides with gravity. At its core, Radio Jaruco is also an intimate homage to Cuba and to songwriter Mark Cooper’s family roots. The album draws inspiration from the island’s emotional geography—its isolation, volatile climate and the way its history lingers. On the new record, a classical Spanish guitar that once belonged to Mark’s Cuban grandmother, Chacha, is included in the mix.
On the album’s cover is a radio owned by Mark’s grandfather. A sense of signals crossing water runs throughout the record. Musically, the title track captures the spirit perfectly: a steady transmission from a fixed place, reminding us that sometimes the most powerful act is to stay put, turn it up and listen closely.
More Music from the band
East Coast (2026)
A stand-out selection from West Egg’s album The Cactus Land, “East Coast (2026)” is a newly recorded update. The song’s composer, Kirk Wiggers, plays all the instruments and sings, except for the haunting guitar solo, played by Mark Cooper, and Wes Brazell’s melancholy piano and background vocals.
The Cactus land
Referencing a symbolic realm in T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men, West Egg’s full-length debut was released in 1999 with a bang, not a whimper. It features 10 originals that flirt with Eliot’s classic themes of brokenness and loss enveloped in sounds inspired by classic rock and pop of the 1970s.
ALICO
During their college days in Central Texas in the late 1980s, Kirk, Mark and Wes recorded their West Egg debut, a six-song EP of originals. They named it in honor of Waco’s historic ALICO building, which has endured Texas tornadoes when other buildings crumbled.
About West Egg
College mates Kirk Wiggers, Mark Cooper and Wes Brazell formed West Egg in the 1980s, finding their groove in pop melodies with a rock edge and lyrics that actually mean something. Their sound merges The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, U2 and other influences into something solely original.
West Egg—the band name is a nod to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby—regrouped in 2025 and went into the recording studio with some new tunes and a renewed sense of creative energy. Longtime collaborator Dave Pardue was on hand to help produce and engineer, and Marty Cooper was the mixing engineer. The result is Radio Jaruco, a thematic collection named after an iconic Cuban radio station. Echoing the character of the Caribbean island, West Egg’s new album grapples with themes of isolation, legacy and a volatile climate.