Hands Like Houses

Hands Like Houses
Hands Like Houses opening for Silverstein in 2015
Background information
Origin	Canberra, Australia
Genres	Post-hardcore,experimental rock,alternative rock, hard rock
Years active	2008–present
Labels	UNFD, Rise
Associated acts	Pierce the Veil, Tonight Alive, Sleeping with Sirens, Silverstein, Enter Shikari, I the Mighty
Website	handslikehouses.net
Members	Trenton Woodley Matt Cooper Alex Pearson Joel Tyrrell Matt Parkitny
Past members	Jamal Sabet

Hands Like Houses is an Australian rock band from Canberra. Formed in 2008, the group is currently signed to Rise Records. Their debut album, Ground Dweller, was released on 13 March 2012 and charted at number 141 on the Billboard Top 200 and number 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. Their second album, Unimagine, was released on 23 July 2013, during their route on Warped Tour. The band's third album, Dissonants was released on February 26, 2016.

Formed in 2008 from the remnants of other local bands, So Long Safety and Eternal Debut, the band traveled to Chango Studios to record material to record Ground Dweller (which began as an EP, as stated by Woodley) with producer Cameron Mizell. However, the EP never was released and the band decided to re-record some of the tracks and record six new tracks for a full-length album. In 2011, the band released singles for "This Ain't No Place for Animals" and "Lion Skin" (which features a few differences from the one included in their full-length) on iTunes, garnering over 5,000 single sales. They also released a demo version of "One Hundred" in their PureVolume profile.

In January 2012 the band signed with Rise Records and released Ground Dweller, in March, streaming the entire album on the Alternative Press website.Ground Dweller debuted at No. 141 on the Billboard Top 200 and number 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. and has been generally well received.

On 2 May 2012, Hands Like Houses embarked on their first ever tour of the US on Rise Records' The Freshman Class of '12 Tour, supporting The Air I Breathe, Palisades and My Ticket Home. In April 2012 released a video EP named Snow Sessions with acoustic performances of some songs from Ground Dweller. They toured in the United States with We Came as Romans and Attack Attack!, and in the fall of 2012 with Pierce the Veil and Sleeping with Sirens on the Collide with the Sky Tour. They joined Pierce the Veil and Woe, Is Me of May/June 2013.