Home Counties are teasing their second album with ‘Spain’, produced by Hot Chip’s Al Doyle

Home Counties have announced their return with new single ‘Spain’, the first glimpse of their upcoming second album.

The London six-piece’s new track, produced by Al Doyle of Hot Chip and LCD Soundsystem, marks a departure from their previous sound. The single explores themes of moral decay through the lens of British expats in Spain.

“‘Spain’ is essentially an argument with yourself,” frontman Will Harrison explains. “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.”

Harrison further elaborates on the track’s concept: “The song uses the idea of a British expat living in Spain as the ultimate embodiment of everything you fear of becoming, losing all self-awareness and care about society as you slip further into individualism with age. It paints a picture of your future self being numb, hollow and weathered, ‘burnt’ and ‘dying in pain’ – ‘all the bad things [you] used to hate’.”

The band’s upcoming tour dates are as follows:

MAY
17 Hope and Ruin, Brighton, UK
17 Horatio’s Bar, Brighton, UK
20 Paper Dress Vintage, London, UK
25 Bearded Theory Festival, Derbyshire, UK
25 A Stones Throw Festival, North Shields, UK
30 Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham, UK

JULY
4 Weekend Rumble Festival, Usk, UK
27 Truck Festival, Oxford, UK

AUGUST
1 Waldstock Festival, Steinhausen, Germany
3 Y Not Festival, Pikehall, UK

SEPTEMBER
13 Schippersweekend, Belgium

OCTOBER
4 Night Currents, Portsmouth, UK
11 Shiny New Model, Cambridge, UK
17 Wild Paths, Norwich, UK

NOVEMBER
22 Rough Trade, Bristol, UK
23 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, UK
24 Green Door Store, Brighton, UK
27 Bodega, Nottingham, UK
28 Flying Duck, Glasgow, UK
29 Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, UK
30 YES Pink Room, Manchester, UK

DECEMBER
1 Hallamshire Hotel, Sheffield, UK
2 Scala, London, UK