Dave Hause with Support from Sincere Engineer

Dave Hause’s songs have always been rooted in tangible reality—of emotion, of environment, of circumstance.

Since releasing his debut album, Resolutions, in 2011, the Philadelphia-born songwriter has poured his whole heart, soul and life into his music. That’s no different on Drive It Like It’s Stolen, his sixth full-length. Its 10 songs overflow with Hause’s trademark urgency and passion, shimmering with a truth that reflects the harsh realities of life in this day and age, as well as the intermittent jolts of joy that punctuate it.

After all, his songs have always detailed his own personal traumas and triumphs within the setting of an unforgiving capitalist backdrop, tethering those personal experiences to ineluctable external forces.

Key albums and what they explore

• Resolutions (2011): debut album
• Devour (2013): response to his divorce from his first wife
• Kick (2019): tackles hope, depression, global warming, and a crumbling American democracy, with the news that he was to become a father
• Blood Harmony (2021): wrote and sang about the positive impact of having twins, and the joy and excitement of being able to be at home with them for the first couple of years of the pandemic

Across his records, Hause’s storytelling connects lived experience to the wider forces shaping the world around us.