With anticipation building around the group’s forthcoming album, The Crucible Of Life, The Home Team has returned with their tug-on-your-heartstrings ballad, “Walk This World With Me.”
“I personally have a really soft spot for ballads, but to be honest it was kind of a battle deciding whether or not to make one for this album,” vocalist Brian Butcher shares. “The softness isn’t always representative of our sound, but when the idea for this song’s chorus came to me, I was really driven to see it all the way to the end. It is definitely a spiritual successor to Slow Bloom’s ‘Another Night Alone With You,’ but I feel like this time, I got to take everything I learned from the first time around and make an even better song to carry the “ballad” torch. I also feel like this song is just a happy ending to ANAWY.”
Softening from their characteristic high-energy charisma, The Home Team‘s latest effort reveals a striking display of vulnerability. Butcher’s delivery, marked by his signature prowess, shines through a series of shimmering instrumentations that have been stripped back from their usual flair for the dramatics, adding an additional layer of emotion. Check out “Walk This World With Me” below.
The Home Team is slated to act as a rotating headliner across the debut idobi Radio Summer School Tour, which kicks off in Cleveland, OH, on July 10. They are also scheduled to perform a series of sold-out headlining shows overseas later this year. You can check out the band’s full touring schedule for the year below and get tickets to see them live here.
Tour Dates:
- July 10—Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom ^
- July 11—Cincinnati, OH @ Andrew J Brady Theater ^
- July 12—Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works ^
- July 13—Sauget, IL @ (St. Louis) Pop’s Nightclub ^
- July 16—Austin, TX @ The Far Out Lounge ^
- July 17—Dallas, TX @ SouthSide Music Hal ^l
- July 18—Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live ^
- July 20—Orlando, FL @ The Vanguard ^
- July 21—St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live ^
- July 22—Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade Heaven ^
- July 23—Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore ^
- July 25—Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall ^
- July 26—Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE ^
- July 27—Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom ^
- July 28—Worcester, MA @ The Palladium ^
- July 30—Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall ^
- July 31—Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre ^
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- Aug. 2—Omaha, NE @ The Admiral ^
- Aug. 3—Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater ^
- Aug. 4—Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom ^
- Aug. 6—Denver, CO @ The Fillmore Auditorium ^
- Aug. 7—Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex ^
- Aug. 9—Seattle, WA @ The Showbox SoDo ^
- Aug. 10—Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater ^
- Aug. 13—Sacramento, CA @ The Backyard ^
- Aug. 15—Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee ^
- Aug. 16—San Diego, CA @ SOMA ^
- Aug. 17—Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove ^
- Dec. 7—Glasgow, UK @ Cathouse
- Dec. 8—Leeds, UK @ The Key Club
- Dec. 10—Manchester, UK @ Rebellion
- Dec. 11—Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute 2
- Dec. 12—Bristol, UK @ Thekla
- Dec. 13—London, UK @ The Underworld
^Peforming on the idobi Radio Summer School Tour.