Big Joanie Explores the Meaning of 'HOME' In Their Upcoming ALBUM

By Grace Miller

It's official! Big Joanie is having their comeback album entitled "Back Home."

Even with limited information yet, the group shares that they want to explore the meaning of "HOME" in their album. What feels to be home, what are the many faces of "HOME" and where can we find home.

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"It's about the different ideas of home, whether that's here in the U.K., back in Africa or the Caribbean, or a place that doesn't really exist; it's neither here nor there," said the singer-guitarist Stephanie Philips.

In giving a glimpse of what to expect to their upcoming album, the British post-punk group share a video for "In My Arms" showcasing friendship and queer romance.

Perhaps it is their way of saying, we can all experience home whenever we are, we just need to find someone or people to be with in order to experience being at home.

As seen in the video, there are group of people, including the trio, who are enjoying the gift of nature, love, life and friendship and sings about "togetherness" and holding a lover "In My Arms."

As time goes by, it is important to Big Joanie members to excel more in the field of music as a group.

"I'd say part of [our sound] is us having more experience in the studio and knowing what we're capable of," Drummer and backup vocalist, Chardine Taylor-Stone said in a statement.

She also recalled how she felt when they did the "Cranes in the Sky" single for "Third Man,"

"I feel like that was a changing point as to what we can do in the studio." She realized that they can make a change without copying what they can do during live performance.

The upcoming album of the group is set to release on November 4 which contains the previously released single "Happier Still."

On the other side, even with the achievements and limelight that the group are having right now, the members of the Big Joanie are also exploring their artistic endeavors for the last four years after their successful debut, Sistahs and the trio are all excelling; Phillips authored the book of "Why Solange Matters," Taylor-Stone is the chair of the equalities Commision at the Musicians Union and Estella Adeyeri, the bassist-vocalist of the group worked on the program Girls Rock London and Phillips in DecoloniseFest.