
London-based indie rock / punk /alt band Home Counties have released their new single “Dividing Lines“.
The song is taken from their highly-anticipated debut full-length album ‘Exactly As It Seems’, due to be released on May 3 via Submarine Cat Music. Pre-order your copy here.
Speaking about it, vocalist/guitarist Will Harrison says:
“The inspiration for ‘Dividing Lines’ came from moving back home to the countryside during lockdown and having little to do except walk. From encountering countless ‘no trespass’ signs and barbed wire fences, I became obsessed with the right to roam and land reform. Revisiting a demo called ‘Cowbell’ about the insularity of the post-punk scene of the time, I started drawing parallels between the social exclusion of land ownership and similar tendencies within the music industry.”
“Both the landed gentry and the music industry tend to reproduce themselves only within a closed social circle, and often along familial lines. There’s also a similar reliance on informal arrangements, the ‘no contracts signed’ nature of the industry which helps upkeep its exclusivity, maintaining similar dividing lines to that of landowners vs the rest.” He added.
Take a listen now.
Exactly As It Seems Tracklist:
- Uptight
- Bethnal Green
- Funk U Up
- Dividing Lines
- Push Comes To Shove
- Wild Guess
- You Break It, You Bought It
- Cradle, Coffin
- Exactly As It Seems
- Posthumous Spreadsheets
Home Counties Upcoming Tour Dates
MAY
03 – Third Man Blue Basement, London (Album Launch)
05 Sound City, Liverpool
07 – Manchester – YES
08 – Glasgow – Broadcast
09 – Wrexham – Focus Wales
10 – Leeds – Headrow House
11 – Reading – Are You Listening?
13 – Birmingham – Hare & Hounds 2
14 – Cardiff – Clwb Ifor Bach
17 – Brighton – The Great Escape
18 – Sheffield – Get Together
22 – London – Oslo
25 – Bristol- Dot To Dot
26 – Nottingham- Dot To Dot
28 Jul – Deer Shed Festival
Photo credit: Alex Amoros