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Vinyl Records London are on cloud nine, we are now spinning in a brand new copy in LP Vinyl from Home Counties Limited Edition Red Vinyl, Exclusive to this store.Prioritisingnbspthe beauty in the ordinary and unanimously leaningnbspinto anbspfun, exploratory way of thinking, debut albumnbspExactly As It Seems presents a notable sonic shift for Home Counties, embracingnbspa more danceorientated sensibility and an ambitiousnbspinventive attention to detail, all with a focusnbspon melody in its purest form.With last yearrsquos lsquoIn A Middle English Townrsquo EP propelling their live set into fullon hedonistic party territory, the addition of new vocalistnbspLois Kellynbspin late 2022nbspcompletednbsptheirnbsptransformation, with the bandnbspfully embracingnbspthe power of a good time.nbspldquoWe just love songs that are dancey and we want our gigs to be fun. On our last tour we were finally at a stage where we had enough new material, on top of the last EP, where every song basically felt like a dance song thatrsquos the music we like to listen to and the shows we want to go to.nbspI donrsquot really consider us a guitar outfit anymore. We want to be a more melodic band, with pop tunes and catchy songs, said Will.On the Home Counties stereo when it came to finalising their debut album, a list of favourites as varied as they come were given air time jungle the genre, not the band, Talking Heads, Britney Spears, The Slits. At the centre of it all is nothing except simple quality.nbspldquoWe just appreciate something if itrsquos a banger rather than having to put a criteria on it,rdquonbspsays Conor.Thematically, meanwhile, the band have been traversing the ups and downs of London life, documenting their findings as they barrel towards the second half of their twenties and all that that entailsnbsplaments on ldquorenting and how rubbish landlords are and how unaffordable it isrdquo, the feeling of getting oldernbspturning 25 and not wanting to go clubbing and feeling guilty about that always managing to balancenbspthe duality of lyrical frankness and musical buoyancy with gusto.With an eye for the daytoday, alltoorelatable details of crap modern living,nbspcoupled with an ear for hookfilled, grininducing melody, the payoff is one riddled in joy rather than despair. Or, as Conor succinctly sums up the current ethos of the bandnbspldquoMy life is ruined cos I canrsquot afford rent, but Irsquom gonna dance about it.rdquoSide AUptightBethnal GreenFunk U UpDividing LinesPush Comes To ShoveSide BWild GuessYou Break It, You Bought ItCradle, CoffinExactly As It SeemsPosthumous Spreadsheets