Razorcake #142 (October 2024/November 2024) – New Zine

Razorcake #142   Home Front interview by DarylHome Front has this song called “Quiet World.” The verse steadily marches one foot in front of the other, creating a launch pad for the chorus to jump over a line of school buses while fireworks spray the air. The first couple times I heard it I thought the vocals were, “I’ve been all over the world / for you girl.” My mind created a music video for the song that played in my head. In the video Home Front looked like INXS, and it was a classic ’80s tour video. Footage of them exiting a plane onto the tarmac in Brazil while hundreds of screaming fans greeted them. The fast life of a rock star. I couldn’t be more wrong about the lyrics though! The actual words being said are, “I’ll be alone for a while / quiet world.” This is a classic example of how easy it can be to misinterpret this band. There are surface level qualities you hear right away that might make you think you have it all figured out, but upon multiple listens the world of Ho