This House We Built – ‘Get Out Of The Rain,’ Self – Released November 2025 Album Review
Reviewed by Allister Spence • 14 December 2025
‘Get Out Of The Rain’ is the second album by This House We Built. It’s the follow up to their 2022 self-titled debut. The Scarborough rockers sound has evolved on the self-released ‘Get Out Of The Rain,’ which was partially crowd funded. The album retains their classic rock sound while bringing in fresh elements that firmly place the album as a twenty-first century rock record.
Musically the album finds the band building on the solid hard rock of their debut album while adding in funk, hard driving metal and arena rock elements. Scott Wardell works his vocal range from sweetly melodic to snarling rocker never losing a drop of power or emotion along the way. He’s ably supported by fellow guitarist Andy Jackson who takes the lead vocals on “Broken Dreams” and “One by One.” The pair also dovetail beautifully on the guitar work grounding the album in catchy hooks in amongst the driving riffs they deliver. The bass register packs a solid punch giving Chris Mayes drums a thunderous boom and highlighting Wayne Dowkes-White nimble bass playing.
There’s a wider diversity in the songs on Get Out Of The Rain with life, love and everyday issues tackled in the lyrics. Stand out tracks include “Better Man,” where the protagonist seeks to grow as a person and be more present for their loved ones. “Drifter” tackles the self-doubt that plagues us all and times. Love is in the air on “One by One,” which delivers a poignant and empathetic love song, while opening track “Rain” is both hopeful and cautious at the same time. Then there’s “Desires,” a track that sets its sights on how we can face up to our problems with positivity and strive to come through them to a better place.
There’s still no nonsense balls to wall classic rock too. "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll" is a party in three minutes and forty-five seconds, there’s even some cowbell in there if I’m not mistaken! The song is all glam riffs, stomps and a sing-along chorus that take you right back to the heyday of hair metal on LA’s Sunset strip circa 1984. It’s not a cover of the Stones classic, only sharing a title with it, although opening salvo of the stones chorus is referenced in the song, albeit with an extra word that the Stones definitely didn’t use!
On the production side Dave Boothroyd has done an excellent job. The sound is crisp with cleanly defined vocals and instruments.
With its hummable melodies, ear worm choruses ‘Get Out Of The Rain’ sees This House We Built deliver one of the best albums of 2025. If you’re into Those Damned Crows, These Wicked Rivers, Massive Wagons, Black Spiders or Sisters Doll you’ll find something to love about ‘Get Out Of The Rain.’ It’s a perfect embodiment of all that’s good on the UK rock scene as well as how far the band have come in the three years since their debut.
Settle in and enjoy some top notch rock anthems that are going to sound immense when the band plays them live.