Hands Like Houses - Hurricane

Hurricane by Hands Like Houses. Out now everywhere; orcd.co/hlh-hu...
This song has been in motion for 18 months or so, with versions bounced back and forth a hundred times over. Sometimes you write a song about one thing, but by the time it sees the light of day, the raw feelings have evolved and the song challenges its own existence. It took honest conversations about why any of this matters to feel confident enough that it was time.
Hurricane is a nod to the past, a cautious step towards an unknown future, and an honest, heartfelt acknowledgement of the present. What’s next is still without shape or certainty, but the wheels are turning.
This is the first step.
Lyrics
I’m bound up and broken, caught out in the open, tape over my mouth, with so much left unsaid. Like gathering thunder, we spoke over each other, now strangers tied to opposite sides of the bed.
You say that I’m careless, unkind and defensive, when all I want is someone there to hold me close. I don’t mean to be heartless,
I’m trying my hardest to think before I speak, but I’m voiceless…
I’ll bide my time, watch the hurricane blow by and the clouds run dry. I’ll bite my tongue, and hold on ’til my hands go numb or the quiet comes.
Soaked through to my skin but I don’t feel any different.
I’m a shivering mess of doubt and recklessness.
I know it’s my fault I’m stuck out here in the cold but it’s hard letting go of what I wish you’d said
‘cause you told me I’m careless, unkind and defensive,
when all I want is someone there to hold me close.
Don’t tell me I’m broken, as I’m blowing out to sea.
Don’t leave me high and dry. It’s swirling over me, as I spin in slow motion; a tide of chattering teeth. Unravel and unwind.
White-knuckled, nails torn from grasping the boards as the storm rages inside of me. Opened my mouth, tried to force something out, but I’m just too exhausted to speak.
Written by Hands Like Houses & Callan Orr
Produced by Callan Orr & Alexander Pearson
Mixed & Mastered by Callan Orr (Avalanche Studios)
Visuals by Cameron Burns (CaptvArt)

[@RaveDecoy242]

Sad news today, lads. Hope Trenton keeps making music, but damn it's still sad to have him pushed out of the band like that. :(

[@SMGTunes]

Evolution of the Dissonant sound. Perfect.

[@kurtchristensen5439]

I’M GETTING DISSONANTS VIBES!!! YES! HLH IS BACK!! Bring it on, mates!

[@smoothiesystem9022]

HLH IS BACK !!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@niesy]

@@smoothiesystem9022 this didnt age well

[@GarrettsGear]

Confirmed, this aged like milk 😭

[@evanwilkinson5354]

Wow. Incredible. Exactly the type of song I was wanting to hear from them. Getting some Dissonants vibes.

[@Elvirabg]

I've missed dissonants so much 😭

[@AFortnightAgo]

Needs more Ground Dweller

[@gusneves5839]

@@Elvirabg ooppo

[@GhostofYouZ]

Ground dweller and unimagine is far better lol..

[@evanwilkinson5354]

@@GhostofYouZ I personally disagree.

[@guyinthecornerr]

The boys are back, and they sound very different, wow... I like it a lot, very glad to see Trenton using the full range of his amazing voice again, keep it up :)

[@nogoodnecktie12]

They sound better this is their roots I couldn’t stand many of the songs after dissonants

[@poppinc8145]

I hope this first song isn't just a misdirection and they actually keep the hard sound.

[@niesy]

@@poppinc8145 well this didn't age well

[@jessicasuzanne___]

The lead singer sadly left the band

[@ImperiumPainter]

Lyrics are back to being creative and enjoyable, more of this please!

[@360.Tapestry]

cReAtIvE aNd eNjOyAbLe lmao

[@RaveDecoy242]

@@360.Tapestry it was your chance to give good feedback but instead you just responded like an idiot. i guess you stick to what you know. as for me, i wouldn't call it creative (Unimagine has it in spades, like poems turned to songs, see A Tale of Outer Suburbia), but this really is full of heart, which is what I love most about HLH.

[@smoothiesystem9022]

YES! i'm so excited !!!!!!

[@yokisullivan8647]

@@360.Tapestry yes creative and enjoyable. Retyping it in combination of uppercase and lowercase letters doesn't mean anything, esp from you.

[@360.Tapestry]

@@yokisullivan8647 eSp fRoM yOuouo LMAO

[@K3n_R0y]

Please release a remastered version of Ground Dweller. That album was fire!

[@Doofunator]

Their magnum opus in my opinion, that album dropped and it was immediately on repeat for me.

[@nogoodnecktie12]

Ground dweller was a master piece. Every single song was awesome not many albums I like all the songs. that was one of few.

[@poppinc8145]

Their first two albums were great. Their third album was decent. Then they went downhill with their fourth album and third EP. Going soft didn't make them bigger but made their fanbase way smaller. Their original sound already had mainstream appeal because it was a nice balance between hardcore and pop-like catchiness. They should have tried to perform on some late-night shows in the US/UK or open up for bigger bands on tour. They seriously had potential to blow up on mainstream.

[@TheSinlessAssassin]

Hooonestly. It sounds so thin when I know the bass can be boosted and Trenton's voice a bit clearer amidst all the chaos.

[@samwhalen6211]

Finally... Took more than a good few years.. but the boys are moving back in the right direction

[@ElyciusM]

I have some news for ya lol

[@KrC_Games]

i knew that one day they will give us songs like they used to give! for me music like this is a heal for my Soul!

[@germandragon8136]

i enjoy bands with a wider portfolio tbh :)

[@KrC_Games]

same man, but still!@@germandragon8136

[@simplytherabbit1795]

Its simple. I see hands like houses... I press play. You guys have always have the perfect music for my life. Almost like you write the words straight from my head.

[@Elvirabg]

I was starting to think you guys were gone for good! Every year I would talk about you guys with my bf and how you were one of my favorite bands to listen to. I'm so glad it seems you're starting to go back to your roots. It's really nice to see a ton of my bands I haven't heard from for years come back so suddenly

[@vs_ta4267]

It wasn't by choice. Have you not seen their instagram at all? One of the member was falsely accused and it absolutely wrecked them. It's amazing that they've seem to have gotten through that horrible experience and are coming back at all.

[@Elvirabg]

@@vs_ta4267who was falsely accused for what?? I don't use social media besides KZbin

[@poppinc8145]

@@vs_ta4267 That controversy surfaced in September 2021. Their music went downhill in 2018 when they put out their fourth album. HLH needs better management, these guys had mainstream appeal but wasted it by going soft and generic only to lose 90% of their listeners as a result.

[@vs_ta4267]

@@poppinc8145 *in your opinion. And 90% is the most ridiculous statement ever. Even if that were accurate and true, I’d honestly rather see them do what they like and let whoever falls off fall off, than have a controlling label influence and chase mainstream. Another argument is: labels do tend to make bands get _softer_ and more accessible with each new album, in order to reach a wider audience or mainstream as you said, so another “management” would’ve likely resulted in a similar outcome. All that said, I just wish them to go on creating music, and figure out what the new HLH is, now that they’ve had time to reflect and the new music has been simmering.

[@JohnDoe999]

listening to it right now. finally they're back to their post-hardcore roots

[@Infestsession]

Haven’t even heard it and already love it.

[@protenpinner]

The rhythm guitar & bass slap hard 🔥

[@elannag]

When your favorite band realeases a new song, it's always a mix of emotions. Glad that something new came out, I waited a while to listen to this new song, in fear it would let me down and I'd lose that feeling I have for this band, that unexplainable feeling of connectedness with the music. But I shouldn't have feared, they killed it as always. I love this band with all my heart, and can't wait for what the future holds ❤️

[@tristansigfusson7220]

I feel like I'm in high school discovering you guys once again. I'm gonna have this on repeat so much it's so good.

[@Soulwithlife]

Unimagined remains my favourite album of all time, and Dissonants is also up there in the rankings. I liked a couple songs off Anon, but I felt like it was missing the artful lyrics and melodies I'd come to expect. This song fully delivers on that front, so I'm more than happy. Hands Like Houses is back, woo!

[@Josephmccall-8k2]

I loved a clown and his pipe one of my all time favorite songs period

[@JohnDoe-es3gm]

I wonder if "unravel & unwind" is an actual callback to Introduced Species or if I'm making things up. Godddamn that's a good song, welcome back boys!

[@ryanc6690]

I’m absolutely certain it’s a callback. They’ve said Wisteria on Unimagine is actually a continuation of a theme from The Sower on Ground Dweller, so they’ve done this sort of thing before. “Unravel and unwind” is too specific of a phrase to be incidental to me, especially since other lyrics in the song fit with Introduced Species

[@RaveDecoy242]

LETS FUCKING GO, HLH! Trenton sounds even better, damn!

[@CAGEtheGEGEG]

Best stuff you guys have put out since Dissonants! Really hopeful for the future of this band

[@ColorxConfused]

I’m crying. I’m so happy to hear you guys again ❤ I’ve been waiting for you ❤ I hope you can feel the love from across the world ❤

[@SetForTomorrow]

Oh heck yes, this is what we have been missing!

[@davidnissim589]

I liked Anon and the 2020 EP, but I'm really glad they brought back the Dissonants sound with this one.

[@joshuasolorzano1570]

When’s the whole album coming ? 💪🏼🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@obiravioli7791]

Missed you guys ❤. Cheers for the future of the band

[@cojo758]

It is cool boys. Variations are nice. Playing this loud.

[@brooksfobian1265]

Welcome back! Glad you guys are still rocking!

[@hal_LaCa]

This is OG HLH. Ultimate banger!

[@icycult]

one of my favorite albums of all time is Dissonants. this is sounding a lot like that and i LOVE IT!!

[@cruton88]

Good shit. Sounds like old HLH. This is what we needed.

[@mrclips3939]

What a way to end 2022. HLH banger. Out of nowhere.

[@matthewsnell2459]

Ah man I haven't been grabbed by a song so quickly in ages!! What an absolute banger!

[@blueeskii2418]

HLH is the best I love this band with all my heart wish they would come to California.

[@sambam933]

My boys are back 🤍🤍🤍

[@lovemusic667]

I missed this sound from you guys! 😊❤ Welcome back HLH!

[@QuwarenZend]

And....... Trenton is no longer in the band 😢😢😢. Sad that this will be the last new song with his vocals/voice that we get from this version of the band. They're supposed to continue without Trenton but it'll never be the same. I hope Trenton finds a better band. I will continue to follow Trenton wherever he goes but honestly won't be following HLH after this!! Sounds like Trenton was forcefully forced out of the band. The rest of the band wouldn't even let Trenton have a final show or nothing - they told him No!!! What?! I'll listen to all their older material but I won't follow the band after Trenton's Departure!!

[@shunkun8668]

Listen to the new song... It sounds so generic, it's so painful to see a band that was amazing because they stood out and because of their lyrics turn around completely and produce the most generic music ever

[@ElyciusM]

Yeah, the new song is honestly horrible, and I went into it with an open mind lol

[@colesnider8502]

I couldn't listen to it for more than a minute.

[@jessicasuzanne___]

Bummer! I really enjoyed hearing him on a lot of the band's tracks Definitely gonna miss hearing him sing

[@missrobynlouise]

The lead singer is what makes the band. So they will fail without him.

[@valianthearts]

Welcome back 🤍

[@ThisisStephennn]

I love this band. I dig that modern architects influence

[@juanmuniz6535]

The boys are back 😭 This song is incredible... It's like the perfect mix of the old with something new. Can't wait for more!

[@Smooby_Dooperson]

This is an Early Christmas Present for me

[@RogueInfern0]

Holy crap, this song is incredible! Great job, guys! 😊

[@itsyourdecision]

Now that they parted ways with Trenton, I feel like they're gonna go through the same thing Palisades did. Fuck man...

[@lukusvieira6385]

@@mr.meeseeks7374 new music sucks is probably why

[@mr.meeseeks7374]

@@lukusvieira6385 they are back together

[@lukusvieira6385]

@@mr.meeseeks7374 unfortunately

[@pedrotraguil8511]

HLH ARE BACK!!! I missed this sound

[@zachawac]

I LOVE the ending SO MUCH omg 😢

[@oktave.]

Welcome back!

[@dreameater9225]

Glad they're back to what made them great.

[@esme940]

Ahhh it's so good!!!!

[@bleedxmyxheartx]

A million times YES!! I am so excited for about this!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@matthewsims9951]

Now this the shit we loved and missed welcome back hands like houses

[@VoodooPBTeam]

I was actually thinking about HLH the other day and wondering if there was any new music coming. So glad to see you guys are back!

[@Cyclops5.0]

They're baaaaackkkk!!! Back to there older type songs with a great feel to it. Lfg!!!

[@bdandalbff]

So happy you guys are back. "Hurricane" sounds amazing. Can't wait to see what's next for you guys. Love the vibes with this song.

[@marshmllodragon]

I'm always happy for new HLH music!

[@ryuiti9886]

HLH IS BACK!! THIS SONG IS AMAZING!! 🤘

[@boboida1]

Like the darker tone , keep doing what you do boys

[@brandonfairse7021]

Great song! Welcome back!!!

[@jnperez7685]

Happy you're back!

[@missdella4990]

Dying for a new album ❤ can’t get enough of HLH lately

[@tortadeasada666]

I needed this so bad today! 🖤

[@vukasinzoric6012]

After a lot of time being on the fence if i still loved y'all because of the change in sound and the lack of the lyrical depth. Now im sure that yea i still fucking love you this just proves to me you still got what it takes to make not just a catchy song but a genuine one as well. Thank you for this song

[@jasonkeath9696]

Love what you guys are doing, FAV band!!!!

[@ikasperski9842]

The boys are back stronger then ever!!!

[@HailkidGames]

YES!!! Can't wait!!!

[@nogoodnecktie12]

Ground dweller was one of the few albums. I never skipped a song. Like this a lot I’ll admit I couldn’t stand half of the new stuff hope you keep this sound.

[@mattyslife9241]

Hell yeah boys!! So good I've been waiting! I know you'd bring it back!

[@readingkitten]

I am sooo hyped about this song. Was really starving for new HLH 😭

[@AGTheOSHAViolationsCounter]

@HandsLikeHouses Ohhh well this was a very welcome surprise and as usual HLH hits it out of the park. You guys are one of those bands for whom I will always be impressed with. Your musical and lyrical craftsmanship and delivery skills are true Masterworks. From the first few lines. . . . "I’m bound up and broken Caught out in the open Tape over my mouth With so much left unsaid Like gathering thunder We spoke over each other Now strangers tied to opposite sides of the bed" Which you guys deliver with your usual energy and passion. Instantly grips you by the throat and doesn't let go for a single instant. The chorus of. . . "I’ll bide my time, watch the hurricane blow by And the clouds run dry I’ll bite my tongue And hold on ’til my hands go numb Or the quiet comes" Is one that's catchy and easily remembered in a such way. That I'm sure I'll find myself absent-mindedly humming or singing it at some point. Awesome guys and thank you! Here's hoping we're all still around to hear the rest of any upcoming new album!

[@SadboySpidey]

WELCOME BACK GUYS! You were so missed!!!! ❤🎉

[@caramelpawzz]

I'm so happy you're releasing new music again! Can't wait to hear more

[@botDepot]

I really love this! Sounds like it could have been on Dissonants, and that’s my favorite album of theirs

[@L0nxosaurio]

Valio la pena cada dia esperando material de ustedes !!!

[@abhaykumarsingh7081]

Finally the boys are back one of the first core bands I got into! Glad to hear material from these guys again!

[@Adamk1129]

THIS is the HLH I've been missing... I think we're back, baby.

[@TheJakefk]

The lads are back. Lets gooooooooo!!!!

[@ja_cow_ski]

OH MY GOD THEY ARE FINALLY BACK

[@travishanson5512]

Great song fellas!

[@sawyerallen8982]

Yes! So much yes. This takes me back to Drift/Dissonants era, and I'm living for it. I prefer the heavier style

[@rodburm873]

You guys are coming back to Dissonants vibes little by little!!

[@federicacozzolino2527]

I'VE MISSED HLH SO MUCH!! I love this song so much, I'm so glad you are finally back!!

[@zidanadjiprasasty4826]

SHESHHH HLH IS BACK!

[@SRDeason1]

So glad to hear your new music ❤️ excellent work once again! 👏🙌🏻

[@danoman2127]

Good to have you back!

[@nicoleviper4090]

Finally been waiting for a comeback fro these guys, sound's different still but I love it in fact and can't wait for new music to come.

[@Lisa-Azra_Broad]

Great track guys, love it, you should be proud and for that I'll rack it up and play it loud

[@missrobynlouise]

Beautiful guys

[@iblastyou4819]

These guys never disappoint I wish the best for them to be successful !

[@bradmcrae]

So glad to see new stuff from you guys :D

[@bradmcrae]

I look forward to the next step

[@nintendonarutofan]

Freaking incredible. Lyrically it's so much better than the other recent stuff.

[@corev4lues]

sounds great guys keen for whats to come

[@kette004]

So happy you guys are back, loved you when I saw you in Belgium! Can't wait to see you guys again! Love the new track, keep it up guys!

[@mentaltelepathy24]

This band came a far away I remember seeing them as and opening act good times.

[@bottomofastairwell]

This song is AWESOME. Such a freaking banger. You guys are GREAT

[@mmf-rules]

What a bombshell, what a way to close this year full of Rock, one made by the same HLH🔥❤

[@tvandritalin]

Amazing song!!

[@Jon.L]

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN!!

[@Alexander-jz3cy]

Que HERMOSO ESTILO 🤘🖤 SALUDOS DESDE ARGENTINA 🇦🇷

[@aleksandrsavchuk2941]

Amazing! sensual, and at the same time powerful, as always on top)

[@seanjxmes]

Much better! this is a vibe.

[@DreamonDreamertv]

No one does it better than the boys

[@frankdeleo4084]

Don't tease me again. Don't let this be drift all over again. Second thought, drift better be on this dang album