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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18 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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Drugstore Heaven
Rock - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 28/09/2018
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A Quiet Darkness
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Downtown Records em 01/01/2013
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All Night
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Houses Music em 12/10/2010
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Clean Life
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por [PIAS] Benelux Licences em 16/09/2011
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A Quiet Darkness
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Downtown Records em 01/01/2013
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Drugstore Heaven (Remixes)
Rock - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 22/03/2019
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Paranoid
Rock - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 01/04/2023
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Fast Talk (The Knocks Remix)
Rock - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 01/04/2023
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Untitled - Spring EP
Rock - Lançado por Great White North em 01/01/2009
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Bad Checks (Mute Choir Remix)
Rock - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 20/12/2019
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Our Memory
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por PIAS Benelux Licences em 20/04/2012
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Winter (A Return to Spring) - EP
Rock - Lançado por Great White North em 05/08/2011
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No Trouble (GABA Heaven Mix)
Rock - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 01/04/2023
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Summer - EP
Rock - Lançado por Great White North em 07/08/2009
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Harps of Glory
Pop - Lançado por Christian Music Inc em 05/01/2018
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Sky vibes
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por 6755319 Records DK em 16/04/2024
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Fall - EP
Rock - Lançado por Great White North em 14/11/2009
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Hold Me Up
Rock - Lançado por BMG Rights Management (US) LLC em 01/04/2023
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