09 Jul 2025

Humdrum

Home Counties

Submarine Cat Records

WE SAY

We last featured Home Counties as one of our The Great Escape recommendations back in May, having followed the London six-piece since 2022. Now they are back with ‘Humdrum’ – the lead and title track from their forthcoming new album, produced with Al Doyle (Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem) and out on 24 October. It’s a jittery, synth-heavy, and hook-laced highlight that channels shades of Late Of The Pier and reckons with self-sabotage and success-envy in equal measure. Released yesterday (8 July), it’s tailor-made for those indie/alt electronic playlists as well as new release programming at DSPs and deserving of support on 6 Music and Radio 1 too. With previous support from Radio 1, 6 Music, Apple 1, Apple Music, NME, Loud & Quiet, So Young, Clash and DIY, to name just a few, we expect to see this popping up in all the right places over the next week or so. Festival sets at Truck, Waldstock and Y Not this summer, followed by a UK headline tour in autumn, will only bolster what’s shaping up to be a big second chapter for the band. One to keep a very close eye on.

CONTACTS

Label: Carlos De Los Santos, Submarine Cat Records
Publishing: Sentric
National Radio: Olli Dutton, Obscene Strategies
Press & Online: Joly Checketts, Warmth
Live: Duncan Smith, Earth Agency
Management: Dan Mordente, Red Light Management
Photo Credit: Luca Bailey

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