House of Protection, the new project from Aric Improta (drums) and Stephen Harrison (guitar), have announced their debut EP ‘GALORE’, coming to Red Bull Records on September 13th. Alongside the news, they dropped their fourth adrenaline-inducing single, ‘Pulling Teeth’ with an official video shot inside the legendary ‘Well of Death.’
Dating back to April, the band traveled to Ahmedabad, India to capture a performance in the country’s infamous carnival sideshow. Aric and Stephen played at the bottom of a wooden pit while stunt drivers defied gravity and rode vertically around the well as locals watched from above. Known for taking creative risks and producing boundary-pushing visuals, ‘Pulling Teeth’ is yet another daring feat that proves no one does it quite like House of Protection.
On the making of the video, the band shares: “The first day we met the full Red Bull Records team, we asked if they would be down to fly us to India to perform in a ‘Well of Death’ – an idea we’d been sitting on for years. To our surprise, they were immediately on board, so we knew we just needed the right song. After two sessions of writing with Jordan, we finished ‘Pulling Teeth’ and felt it was the perfect track to score the concept. I think we always perform best when the environment is a bit chaotic, so we were excited to see what would happen.”
“After 30 hours of travel, including canceled flights, flooding in our connecting airport (Dubai), a canceled location (due to a political rally), and an additional 16 hours of driving round-trip through the desert to the backup location… we finally found ourselves in the ‘Well of Death’. We did nine takes with a live audience, all while our director was throwing up between shots and one of the motorcycles died in the middle of the performance. That said, we came out with something better than we ever could have expected and had an incredible team on the ground that made it all possible.”
Beyond their visuals, a pillar of the band’s sound can be defined by this “high risk, high reward” mentality. As the duo continues to explore their artistry as a newly formed outfit, they’ve stretched, bent, and re-imagined their sonics with each release – from the screaming fury of ‘It’s Supposed To Hurt’, to the drum & bass dream sequence on ‘Being One’. For fans of metal mosh pits and underground raves alike, they’ve maintained a cohesive chaos in their versatility that comes full circle on the six-track breakout EP, ‘GALORE’. Producer Jordan Fish perfectly balances the raw instrumentation with crisp production to make room for Aric and Stephen’s vocals to thrive for the first time.
Thrill seekers looking for a cathartic release can catch House of Protection’s debut live shows on September 24th at 1720 in Los Angeles and October 15th at Underworld in London.
‘Galore’ tracklist:
01. Pulling Teeth
02. Fuse
03. Learn To Forget
04. Being One
05. It’s Supposed To Hurt
06. Better Off