Who are you?
Carrying glowing endorsements and reviews from Dave Ling (Classic Rock) – “Immensely promising quartet playing a confident, summery, sometimes funk-fuelled style that will leave you grinning from ear to ear” and Rob Evans (Powerplay Rock & Metal) – “The best independent album I’ve heard this year”, This House We Built are already on rock solid foundations on which to build a successful career in the music scene.
Roll Call?
Players Scott Wardell (vocals guitar), Andy Jackson (guitars vocals), Chris Mayes (drums & vocals) and Wayne Dowkes White (bass & vocals) finally came together just prior to the world shutting down in 2020. Rather than dwell on not being able to bring their collective talents to the stage, they started the socially distanced writing sessions that bought the plot for the house they were about to build. Each man brought a different musical path to the band, and you can hear them all as the album unfolds. Eclectic influences ranging from classic rock, funk, emo, nu-metal and melodic rock are mixed perfectly across the ten songs and brick by harmony laden brick they build a unique sound that transcends all of the aforementioned genres.
Hailing from?
The real bricks and mortar of the band are a heady mix of bands from England’s Scarborough Strip (think Sunset Strip but with less debauchery, more chips and an untapped resource of talent since five Little Angels flew big in 88’).
Journey so far?
The first gig the band played was back in 2022 at Rockmantic Weekender at Blackpool Waterloo, since then the band have done an Acoustic tour with Danny Vaughn, the year after this they did a string of shows and some big festivals inc. HRH Great Yarmouth, Loverocks, Nene Valley Rock Festival and Meadowfest performing in front of 4,000 people. Planet Rockstock followed this string of gigs and also finished the year with touring with ‘Tyketto’ on their Winter UK tour. The band have just released their second single ‘Coming Home To You’ from their forthcoming second album ‘Get out of the Rain’ which will be released November 21st, more singles to follow, the next one being the 3rd October called ‘Broken Dreams’
The band have also had a very busy year performing at many popular Festivals inc. Call of the Wild, Headlining Wildfire festival Scotland and performing at the mighty ‘Maid of Stone Festival. They also finish the year on a high note and have some great shows lined up for the end of the year featuring supports with Kira Mac, Headlining ‘Rockmantic Weekender’ at The Yardbirds, Grimsby, two shows supporting the might Wolfsbane and have earned a slot on the main stage at Winterstorm, Troon playing alongside Ugly Kid Joe, Sweet and British Lion.
Biggest gig/proudest moment to date?
Our proudest moment is probably bagging a slot on the ‘Maid of Stone’ Festival.
“the experience was phenomenal and we couldn’t believe how many people were wearing our shirts in the crowd and singing our songs back to us, we’re hoping that the tide has changed for the band and that this gig is the start of bigger things to come, Supporting Tyketto is another milestone for the band, that opened alot of doors for us which until this point we didn’t have the keys to open”.
What does the future hold for you?
We’ve lots of irons in the fire for next year and are looking forward to getting back out on the road to promote our 2nd Album, It’s gonna be a busy year for the band and we cannot wait for this, we love performing live and love meeting and making new friends, that’s what musics about, bringing people together and finding your tribe. The Tribe we’ve got are an incredible bunch and our crowdfunding for the album has blown us away, we thank each and every one of you fans for supporting our little band from Scarbados! We’ll see you at the front!
Interview by Viki Ridley
Photo Credit: Mark Ellis
