Houses
Houses' Dexter Tortoriello and Megan Messina hail from Chicago, but the roots of their dreamy electro-pop can be traced back to a potent three-month stay in Hawaii. Tortoriello played in metal and noise bands during his teens in suburban Illinois, and to Columbia College. He eventually left college and moved to California, then Salt Lake City. Around this time, he began a solo project called Hospital Tapes. Tortoriello returned to Illinois in 2009 and got a job at a local Apple store, where he met Messina, one of his coworkers. The pair struck up a relationship quickly and moved to Hawaii at the beginning of 2010 to live off the land. While they did odd jobs for a local artist, they lived in a cabin in Papaikou; Messina painted and Tortoriello worked on more solo music, including the avant noise project Rainbow Circuit. The duo returned to Chicago in April 2010, where Tortoriello continued working on music. In May, he posted the first Houses song, “Endless Spring,” and it was quickly championed by Pitchfork; by the end of the month, Tortoriello had signed to Lefse Records, home to the like-minded Neon Indian and How to Dress Well. Messina joined the band at this point, and the pair finished the album over the summer. Enlisting visual artist Alan Jensen to add some flair to their live shows, Houses played their first gig at the 2010 CMJ Festival in October 2010, a few days after their debut album, All Night, was released. Tortoriello also provided live support to How to Dress Well's Tom Krell at his CMJ dates. The band relocated from Chicago to Los Angeles and built their sophomore album, A Quiet Darkness, on samples collected in abandoned roadside structures along California highways. The lush and sometimes ambient-leaning album was released in April of 2013.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Drugstore Heaven
Rock - Released by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC on 28 Sep 2018
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A Quiet Darkness
Alternative & Indie - Released by Downtown Records on 1 Jan 2013
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All Night
Alternative & Indie - Released by Houses Music on 12 Oct 2010
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Clean Life
Alternative & Indie - Released by [PIAS] Benelux Licences on 16 Sep 2011
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A Quiet Darkness
Alternative & Indie - Released by Downtown Records on 1 Jan 2013
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Drugstore Heaven (Remixes)
Rock - Released by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC on 22 Mar 2019
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Paranoid
Rock - Released by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC on 1 Apr 2023
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Fast Talk (The Knocks Remix)
Rock - Released by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC on 1 Apr 2023
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Untitled - Spring EP
Rock - Released by Great White North on 1 Jan 2009
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Sky vibes
Alternative & Indie - Released by 6755319 Records DK on 16 Apr 2024
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Bad Checks (Mute Choir Remix)
Rock - Released by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC on 20 Dec 2019
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Our Memory
Alternative & Indie - Released by PIAS Benelux Licences on 20 Apr 2012
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Winter (A Return to Spring) - EP
Rock - Released by Great White North on 5 Aug 2011
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No Trouble (GABA Heaven Mix)
Rock - Released by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC on 1 Apr 2023
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Harps of Glory
Pop - Released by Christian Music Inc on 5 Jan 2018
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Hold Me Up
Rock - Released by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC on 1 Apr 2023
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