

On 12 March, the band teased a 30-second clip of a video clip for "I Am", produced by Megan Thompson, with the single to be released on 17 March. Prior to beginning the tour, the band recorded a new standalone single "I Am" with Erik Ron at Grey Area Studios in LA. In 2015 Hands Like Houses performed on Silverstein's Discovering the Waterfront 10 Year Anniversary Tour, alongside Beartooth, Major League and My Iron Lung. To conclude their year, the band toured across the UK and Europe with British metalcore band Bury Tomorrow, with Slaves and In Hearts Wake supporting on the UK dates. Keyboardist Jamal Sabet quietly left the band sometime in December to pursue other endeavors. Along with the announcement they released videos for each song from the EP, leading with "Revive (Introduced Species)". As revealed by the band, Reimagine is a parallel and a rediscovery of Unimagine and we couldn’t be happier with the result." The E.P. Īfter a brief break, in September 2014 the band announced a new EP of alternative versions from their previous album, Unimagine. During this period, the band released their third music video for 'A Tale of Outer Suburbia', directed by Joshua Aylett. In May, the band commenced their first headline run of the USA, supported by Slaves (Jonny Craig), Miss Fortune and Alive Like Me, before returning to Australia for a string of headline shows supported by Forever Ends Here, Breakaway and Far Away Stables.

On returning to the US in late April, the band supported Chiodos on the remaining dates of their 'Devil's Dance' tour, alongside Emarosa, Our Last Night and '68. During February–March they supported Memphis May Fire across the USA with The Word Alive, A Skylit Drive and Beartooth, then completed their first UK headline tour in April supported by Crooks (UK).

In 2014, the band went on multiple tours to support Unimagine. The band released a video during this time for 'A Fire on a Hill', featuring a time lapse of an evolving mural painted by local Canberra artists Alex Lundy & Clare Jackson. , performing 'Introduced Species' and 'Shapeshifters' off the new album for the duration of the tour. The band performed on the entire 2013 Vans Warped Tour on the #Domo Stage. The album was released in July via Rise Records. Unimagine and Reimagine (2013–2014) ĭuring a UK tour with Pierce the Veil and Woe, Is Me, Hands Like Houses performed new songs from Unimagine, including the lead single "Introduced Species". They joined Pierce the Veil and Woe, Is Me of May/June 2013.

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. In April 2012 released a video EP named Snow Sessions with acoustic performances of some songs from Ground Dweller. On 2 May, 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. Ground Dweller debuted at No. 141 on the Billboard Top 200 and number 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. In January 2012 the band signed with Rise Records and released Ground Dweller, in March, streaming the entire album on the Alternative Press website. They also released a demo version of "One Hundred" in their PureVolume profile. 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. 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. History Formation and Ground Dweller (2008–2013) įormed 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.
