Home Front – “Faded State” & “Real Eyes”

At the very end of 2021, the Edmonton duo Home Front released Think Of The Lie, a promising EP full of hard, slashing post-punk. Clint Frazier, one of Home Front’s two members, used to be in the Edmonton dance-punk band Shout Out Out Out, a name that most of us haven’t seen in a long time. That’s a fun fact, but it’s not very helpful for describing Home Front’s brooding, intense take on post-punk. The new band has Echo & The Bunnymen-style brooding baritone vocals, immediate synthpop melodies, and hardcore muscle. It’s a cool combination.