The track is the first release from their upcoming second EP, In A Middle English Town
With upcoming release of their second EP, In A Middle English Town coming just around the turn of the year in February 2022, Home Counties have shared a first glimpse with self-titled synth-punk-stormer ‘The Home Counties’.
The track is hopefully a good indicator of what is to come next year, with its infectious rhythms and swirling synths creating a sound that feels vibrant and exciting. While there are similarities to be made to contemporaries such as Courting and Saloon Dion, there is something really distinctively Home Countries about their sound and really makes them stand out in a unique way, perhaps in part due to it being produced and mixed by the band’s guitarist Conor Kearney, adding to the unique flavour that the outfit possess. ‘The Home Counties’ showcases a band who, on EP number 2, have fully grasped their sound and can play around with it, creating really fun sonic moments and an all-around feel good vibe. February can’t come soon enough.
Showcasing the band at their most playful, “The Home Counties” expands on the wry lyrical humour the band are now well known for, with vocalist and guitarist Will Harrison commenting: “The song ‘The Home Counties’ is set in a small town somewhere in the South of England and centres around a generic married couple and their daily existence. It is about mundanity, claustrophobia and suspicion of everything outside of the semi-detached. The characters are placeless and nondescript, emblematic of the uniformity of middle-class people across the commuter belt.”
