Brit-Rockers Home Counties Share New Single “White Shirt / Clean Shirt”
Following their January release of “Modern Yuppies”, UK post-punk outift Home Counties have shared their new single “White Shirt / Clean Shirt”, continuing their satirical look at the middle class in a capitalist world.
About their recent releases, they share, “The two singles are linked lyrically, both looking at working life under contemporary capitalism. ‘Yuppies’ was written about the destructive mentality of middle-class professionals – constantly wanting more success, more money and more consumer goods. ’White Shirt / Clean Shirt’ looks at the less aspirational, and more universal reality of office work”.
They continue, “It voices that feeling of losing your sense of self and place as you go into work, dressed uniformly in a Next suit, in an indistinguishable space, staring at another spreadsheet. It’s also got a bit of a ‘how did I get here?’ sentiment, being at work thinking about what more aspirational (or more expensively educated) people might be doing. Ultimately, it voices a feeling of having ‘learnt to fall’, rather than taught to succeed – sinking into the safety net of unfulfilling white collar work.”
Originally a guitar-driven track that was a staple in their live sets, the band reconstructed the song to bring in their retro-inspired synthesizers and drum machines to add to the ’80s alt-rock flare of their sound.
Singer Will Harrison said: “‘White Shirt / Clean Shirt’ began life as a guitar-orientated number that was a staple of our live set last year at our first shows, but then we had sort of fell out of love with it. Through lockdown, as we started experimenting more heavily with synthesizers and drum machines; we reworked the song with these new influences and it found a new lease of life.”.
Listen to the song below and stay tuned for more music:
