Sleeping days away from you
Wondering if I’ll get back the time
Waste the night with claims to you
Pace decides the eyes that I call mine
Boston’s House of Harm steps onto the scene once again, this time like characters caught in a moment of heartfelt longing from an imagined John Hughes film—the kind where the camera lingers on rain-streaked windows, a synth line cuts through the silence, and love is both the cure and the wound. Their latest single, “Away Above,” unfurls as a brooding new-wave ballad, romantic and bruised in equal measure.
Built on deep, bass-driven synths, gauzy pads, and chiming brass-like tones, the track channels the lush melodicism of The Human League and the glossy melancholy of Berlin. It feels like something preserved on celluloid between 1982 and 1987: widescreen, cinematic, and endlessly replayable, as if scored for a love scene where the outcome is uncertain.
The lyrics read like diary entries written in disappearing ink: “You sent me away… what I am now,” or “The longing in my life,” lines that sound less sung than confessed. Elsewhere, there’s a push and pull between concealment and revelation, between promises kept and broken. “Away Above” doesn’t resolve so much as it holds—the musical equivalent of a wave from the window as the train pulls away.
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House of Harm formed in Boston, Massachusetts, and built a reputation for blending post-punk urgency with the melodic shimmer of new wave and synth-pop. Their early EPs carved out a cult following, leading to their 2020 debut album Vicious Pastimes. In 2023, they released Playground, mixed by Chris King with production touches from Chris Coady and mastering by Josh Bonati, expanding their sound into a more widescreen palette while keeping their minimalist edge. Recent singles “Can’t Fight the Feeling,” “Carousel,” and now “Away Above” highlight a band continuing to evolve while staying true to their melancholy and melodic core.
House of Harm will hit North American stages this Autumn for their At Last ’25 + ’26 Tour. The band will be joined by friends Sculpture Club, Past Self, and Stare Away throughout the tour. The itinerary kicks off on September 21st in Montreal with dates across Canada and the Midwest, continues through the South in early October, and resumes on the West Coast in December with stops in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and more. A December 18th show in Boston marks a homecoming before the tour wraps up in January with four nights across Texas.
See full dates below.
House of Harm – At Last ’25 + ’26 Tour
- Sep 21 – Montreal, QC
- Sep 22 – Toronto, ON
- Sep 23 – Cleveland, OH
- Sep 24 – Chicago, IL
- Sep 25 – Milwaukee, WI
- Sep 26 – Minneapolis, MN
- Sep 27 – Omaha, NE
- Sep 28 – Kansas City, MO
- Sep 30 – Indianapolis, IN
- Oct 1 – Birmingham, AL
- Oct 2 – Tampa, FL
- Oct 3 – Atlanta, GA
- Oct 6 – Pittsburgh, PA
- Oct 7 – Baltimore, MD
- Oct 9 – New York, NY
- Dec 1 – Seattle, WA
- Dec 2 – Portland, OR
- Dec 3 – San Francisco, CA
- Dec 4 – Los Angeles, CA
- Dec 6 – Phoenix, AZ
- Dec 7 – Las Vegas, NV
- Dec 8 – Salt Lake City, UT
- Dec 9 – Denver, CO
- Dec 18 – Boston, MA
- Jan 15 – Houston, TX
- Jan 16 – McAllen, TX
- Jan 17 – San Antonio, TX
- Jan 18 – Dallas, TX
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