D A V E H A U S E ’S S O N G S H A V E A L W A Y S B E E N R O O T E D I N T A N G I B L E R E A L I T Y —OF EMOTION, OF ENVIRONMENT, OF CIRCUMSTANCE.
Since releasing his debut album, Resolutions, in 2011, the Philadelphia-born songwriter has poured his whole heart, soul and life into h i s m u s i c . T h a t ’s n o d i f f e r e n t o n D r i v e I t L i k e I t ’s S t o l e n , h i s s i x t h full-l e n g t h . I t s 1 0 s o n g s o v e r f l o w w i t h H a u s e ’s t r a d e m a r k u r g e n c y a n d p a s s i o n , s h i m m e r i n g w i t h a truth that reflects the harsh realities of life in this day and age, as well the intermittent jolts of joy that punctuate it. After all, his songs have always detailed his own personal traumas and triumphs within the setting of an unforgiving capitalist backdrop, tethering those personal experiences to i n e l u c t a b l e e x t e r n a l f o r c e s . 2 0 1 3 ’s s e cond album, Devour, for example, was a response to his divorce f r o m h i s f i r s t w i f e , w h i l e 2 0 1 9 ’s K i c k s a w h i m t a c k l e h o p e , d e p r e s s i o n , g l o b a l w a r m i n g a n d a crumbling American democracy with the news that he was to become a father. Most recently, on 2 0 2 1 ’s Blood Harmony, Hause wrote and sang about the positive impact of having twins, and of the joy and excitement of being able to be at home with them for the first couple of years of the pandemic.
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