Home Counties have returned with new single “Spain.” The track is of their forthcoming album, produced by Al Doyle (of Hot Chip & LCD Soundsystem). Along with the music, They have also announced a new UK tour, starting May 17th in Brighton.
The first music to be heard since the band’s acclaimed 2024 debut album ‘Exactly As It Seems’, new single ‘Spain’ was written about confronting your own moral decay through the metaphor of a British expat. Built around glowering synths and a darker, more expansive palette, the song captures a volatile internal dialogue between two versions of the same person – one idealistic, the other world-weary. It’s a portrait of internal erosion, delivered with a deadpan intensity and a tightly coiled rhythmic pulse that leaves little room for resolution.
Reflecting on the compromises and contradictions of adult life with dry wit and dancefloor-ready conviction, it marks a confident leap forward in sound, tone and ambition for Home Counties. While their debut ‘Exactly As It Seems’ traded in bright edges and eccentricity, ‘Spain’ dives into something leaner, colder and more thematically complex.
“”Spain” is essentially an argument with yourself,” explains frontman Will Harrison. “It’s about growing older and fearing the person you might become, or are already becoming. Taking the form of a conversation between a starry-eyed idealist and life-weathered realist, it imagines watching an argument between a younger and older version of yourself. It’s about figuring out if you can grow up without losing sight of your values or if it’s just a worthless endeavour.”
Built around glowering synths and a darker, more expansive palette, the song captures a volatile internal dialogue between two versions of the same person – one idealistic, the other world-weary. It’s a portrait of internal erosion, delivered with a deadpan intensity and a tightly coiled rhythmic pulse that leaves little room for resolution.
Home Counties 2025 Tour Dates
MAY
17 – Alt Escape (Hope and Ruin), Brighton
17 – Great Escape (Horatio’s Bar), Brighton
20 – Footsteps Festival (Paper Dress Vintage), London SOLD OUT
25 – Bearded Theory Festival, Derbyshire
25 – A Stones Throw Festival, North Shields
30 – Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham
JULY
04 – Weekend Rumble Festival, Usk
27 – Truck Festival, Oxford
AUGUST
01 – Waldstock Festival, Steinhausen
03 – Y Not Festival, Pikehall
SEPTEMBER
13 – Schippersweekend, Belgium
OCTOBER
04 – Night Currents, Portsmouth
11 – Shiny New Model, Cambridge
17 – Wild Paths, Norwich
NOVEMBER
22 – Rough Trade, Bristol
23 – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
24 – Green Door Store, Brighton
27 – Bodega, Nottingham
28 – Flying Duck, Glasgow
29 – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
30 – YES Pink Room, Manchester
DECEMBER
01 – Hallamshire Hotel, Sheffield
02 – Scala, London
order “Spain” by Home Counties” HERE