{"id":27959,"date":"2026-02-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27959"},"modified":"2026-02-12T20:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:41:47","slug":"home-front-the-lexington-london-08-02-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27959","title":{"rendered":"Home Front – The Lexington London 08\/02\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"
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6 am on a Sunday morning, why on earth am I awake? Well, I\u2019m off to London to see the brilliant Home Front all the way from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, so I can\u2019t really moan about having to travel now, can I?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve been a fan of Home Front for less than 12 months so to say that they have left an impression on me since hearing last years album of the year \u201cWatch It Die\u201d would be an understatement, it was a album that I never thought I needed in my life, the mix of 80\u2019s New Wave with elements of Punk and Oi just instantly grabbed me and there\u2019s barely been a day since the release date that I haven\u2019t listened to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few months ago, I saw the advertisement for tour dates, spotted the one UK date in London, and without hesitation booked the ticket, hotel and travel. Yep, that\u2019s how excited I was for this one! Would my expectations be met? Would the trip be worth it?\u00a0 Well, the answer was a resounding yes!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I get to the venue and realise this is going to be an intimate affair. The Lexington is a 200-capacity venue in the upstairs of a pub, so this was a warm one to say the least. I meet up with a friend whom I\u2019m meeting for the first time, so unfortunately, after we share a drink and have a chit chat, we miss the support. We make our way into the venue, and it\u2019s a struggle to move; the venue is rammed. We then find a spot and wait patiently for headliners Home Front, this small run of dates is to promote the before mentioned album \u201cWatch It Die\u201d as the band emerges they rip straight into lead single\u00a0\u201cLight Sleeper\u201d which has the first of many big singalongs of the evening \u201cWe\u2019re Born Alone, We Die Alone\u201d the crowd screams back at frontman Graeme McKinnon who is grinning from ear to ear as is the entire audience. His energy is infectious throughout and doesn\u2019t let up for a moment; he owns that stage. Keyboardist and percussionist Clint Frazier is also like a madman, not standing still for one second; it\u2019s hard to take your eyes off the two of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up, we have the brutal \u201cYoung Offender\u201d This song could easily be the soundtrack to an apocalypse. It\u2019s great to hear these songs live with a bit more ferocity, and the band replicates the studio recordings down to a tee. We get a number of quality tunes from full length debut album \u2018Games Of Power\u2019 with \u2018Real Eyes\u2019, \u2018Born Killer\u2019, and \u2018New Face Of Death\u2019 all keeping the pace going nicely. Sandwiched in between, we get my personal favourite, of mine \u2018For The Children (Fuck All)\u2019, which produces another mass singalong during the ridiculously catchy chorus, that one keeps the punks happy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The middle of the set the band show off their melancholy side with songs The Cure, New Order etc would be proud of \u2018Eulogy\u2019, \u2018The Vanishing\u2019 \u2018Between The Waves\u2019 and all extremely reflecting songs that hit hard emotionally none more than the stunning \u2018Overtime\u2019 with the lyrics \u201cHurts a little less over time\u201d which I\u2019m sure can resonate with everyone in the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graeme then says it\u2019s time for the final song of the set, and the keyboard intro to the band’s anthem \u2018Nation\u2019 kicks in and the crowd go wild, \u201cHear us all screaming at a nation, a nation that doesn\u2019t hear a word we say\u201d which couldn\u2019t be more relevant in the world right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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We get asked if we want to hear more, and the crowd answers with a resounding yes. Well, they\u2019ve played the vast majority of the two main albums, so what else is there? Well what better than paying homage to the Godfathers of street punk\/Oi the mighty Cock SParrer, one of my favourite bands of all time with not one but two brilliant cover versions both from the legendary Shock Troops album, first there\u2019s a slow drum beat in the guitar kicks in and it\u2019s \u2019Out on an Island\u2019 which I will admit the hairs on the back of my neck stood up, an emotional moment right there after that there\u2019s time for one more SParrer classic and it\u2019s \u2019We\u2019re Coming Back\u2019 which gets a ridiculous reaction and the loudest singalong of the evening, what a superb gig this has been. Hopefully, this will spark more UK dates later in the year, and if so, I certainly will be coming back!!!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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