This House We Built - Get out of the Rain (2025) Hi-Res

Danny Vaughn of Tyketto knows a thing or two about hard rock. And when he reckons This House We Built are the best band he’s heard in years, you tend to take notice. Album number two, “Get Out Of The Rain”, arrives with the sound of a band who know exactly who they are – and are absolutely ready for bigger stages.

“Rain” kicks off with real intent: swaggering, arms-wide arena rock built firmly in the underground. Big choruses, bigger confidence. “Addiction” takes that template and adds muscle. In another era – one before the internet democratised and diluted everything – this would have been the sort of tune that turned a band into hometown heroes overnight.

“Broken Dreams” showcases one of their great strengths: melody. It has that rare energy that sets this band apart. “Desires”, meanwhile, is the kind of mid-paced, classy rocker you wish Bon Jovi still made, full of heart and uplift. And then comes “Coming Home To You” – a ballad that opens with a guitar solo. Instant approval.

“Crash N Burn” fuses the modern with the classic so effortlessly you can imagine Black Stone Cherry taking something like this gold. “It’s Only Rock N’ Roll” (not a cover) leans on a drum pattern that could have come straight off a Thunder album, while the line “We used to dream of this when we were young” hits with real resonance.

There’s genuine passion on display throughout. “Wheels” crackles with that unmistakable love of rock’n’roll, all fire and momentum. “Better Man” (again, not a cover) is unabashedly huge – a song that would sound magnificent in a stadium. “One By One” feels like the sort of widescreen material Stereophonics have made a career of refining. And closer “Drifter” is precisely the track that delivers on Scott Wardell’s bold claim that the band have “put 100% into every beat and note.” The strings and the maturity here really underline it.

Scarborough once produced another great hard rock band, and The Little Angels meant the world to many of us. You can pay This House We Built no greater compliment than to say Toby Jepson himself would be proud of “Get Out Of The Rain.”

Expect a storm. A downpour. A deluge of praise. Pick whichever weather cliché you like — because if you love hard rock, you’re about to get very, very wet.