Simon RushworthThis House We Built — Get Out Of The Rain (Self-Released)
It was late summer 2023 and This House We Built had just dropped the swaggering Nobody’s Fool.
We’d caught the band live for the first time earlier that year — a blistering performance at Call Of The Wild Festival had us hooked.
And the Scarborough quartet’s new single sounded like the Little Angles anthem we’d been waiting for since Soapbox.
Fast forward two years and This House We Built have floored us… again.
Get Out Of The Rain’s a thunderous statement of intent from the best hard rock band you’ll hear all year.
It’s confident, kick-ass, compelling stuff that sits comfortably between late 80s hair metal and Shinedown’s arena-ready bombast.
The songwriting’s something you’d expect from a major label stalwart with a couple of Grammys and multiple world tours under their belt.
That good.
But don’t forget that six years in and This House We Built are still laying the foundations for what’s to come. Think of Get Out Of The Rain as the dry run.
You see, frontman Scott Wardell’s got the vocal scope to tackle any genre… and win.
Remember a time when Living Colour jostled for Top 40 glory with Gun and Def Leppard went toe to toe with Faith No More?
Wardell’s somehow distilled that glorious era into 11 radio-ready bangers rippling with insane consistency.
In the race to steal this year’s NWOCR crown, This House We Built are streets ahead.
This House We Built… Coming Home To You
Power ballad warning: the classy Coming Home To You will have you rifling through the kitchen drawer to find that favourite lighter before reaching for the nearest tissue.
Styled on the Sunset Strip and given a healthy injection of Yorkshire grit, it’s a shining example of This House We Built’s do-it-all talent.
There’s even room to reference the band name within a stunning Get Out Of The Rain standout.
And the piano outro? Just perfect.
Following up with the far feistier Crash N Burn is a natural move for a band that never settles for the predictable.
This record’s strength is its striking diversity as Wardell and co. leave everything out there.
Get Out Of The Rain’s a cocksure manifesto for potential and a powerful reminder that the next big thing’s always just around the corner.
It’s Only Rock N Roll evokes memories of peak Poison while Better Man’s another brilliant ballad that’s sure to pique Toby Jepson’s interest.
One By One leans on Leppard’s twin guitar heft and set closer Drifter’s another delicious example of This House We Built at their towering best.
Get Out Of The Rain? Not before you get out and buy this record.
