Home Counties balance the duality of lyrical frankness and musical buoyancy with gusto. With an eye for the day-to-day, all-too-relatable details of crap modern living (seven quid for a pint, shivering in a queue for a club night you don't really care about, getting ripped off by landlords over blu tac stains), yet - coupled with an ear for hook-filled, grin-inducing melodies which recall Devo and Gang of Four - the pay-off is one riddled in joy rather than despair. Their new record, Humdrum, dr