HOUSE OF PROTECTION announce new EP ‘Outrun You All’ and share lead single ‘Afterlife’

February 19, 2025
UK Music News, UK Music Videos
by Desh Kapur UK-Editor/Photographer

HOUSE OF PROTECTION announce second EP Outrun You All

Out May 23rd via Red Bull Records

Watch the video for first single ‘Afterlife’ HERE

Following main support run in Australia with Bad Omens and Poppy

More tour dates and festivals added for 2025

Hot on the heels of their first tour in Australia, boundary-pushing heavy duo House of Protection (Aric Improta and Stephen Harrison) today announced their second EP, Outrun You All will arrive on May 23 via Red Bull Records. Kicking off the project is the first single, ‘Afterlife’ out today. Collaborating again with close friend and producer Jordan Fish, formerly of Bring Me The Horizon, the song sees them dial down the tempo without losing an ounce of the explosive energy they’ve become known for. From the brazen lyrics to the layers of electronic elements sandwiched between deafening riffs, ‘Afterlife’ is a testament to House of Protection’s individuality. Underscored by the accompanying music video, the opening scene is set by a rubber-suited dominatrix who lures viewers into a frenetic dream sequence of mind-bending visuals and performance shots.

On the making of the single, the band shared, “‘Afterlife’ was the second song we demoed, right after “It’s Supposed to Hurt”. It started with just the guitar stab and the whip sound. We liked it a lot, but ultimately, we pushed to avoid heavy half-time on ‘GALORE’. We intentionally wanted to keep that whole first EP pretty fast. After our debut shows, we realized how much we missed the feeling live, so we revisited it and refined the ideas with Jordan and Nick. Now it’s one of our favourites.”

Pre-order Outrun You All HERE

Hear ‘Afterlife’ on streaming services here and watch the video below.

Last year, House of Protection broke out with their genre-spanning debut EP, GALORE, to critical acclaim from the likes of The Guardian, Kerrang!, Revolver, and more. In less than a year as a new band, they lived up to the hype and sold out their first two shows in LA (The Echo) and London (The Underworld), earned 10 million global streams, Luminate chart positions at #14 on Current Hard Rock Albums and #15 on Alternative New Artist Albums, and made Spotify’s ‘Artists to Watch 2025’ list. Later this month, they’ll feature on British metalcore band Architects’ song ‘Brain Dead’ as part of their highly-anticipated album release. It’s safe to say, House of Protection has quickly become one of heavy music’s most sought-after collaborators so far this year.

With an ethos that follows no rules and aims to create inclusive spaces, they’ve attracted that same boundless energy in the audiences at their live sets. Last month, the duo embarked on their first official tour through Australia as main support for Bad Omens and Poppy. For five nights, they exceeded expectations and debuted new music to over 25,000 fans during their opening slot. To come, the band will be main support to Poppy on 11 of her ‘They’re All Around Us’ tour dates in the US. Check out their full slate of live performances including major festival plays like Rock am Ring / Rock im Park, Download Festival, and more, below.

House of Protection live in 2025

*Poppy ’They’re All Around Us’ Tour Support

Stephen Harrison and Aric Improta might be out of music entirely if they hadn’t discovered a new obsession in 2023 – their own band. “We couldn’t be at this point in our careers and be in a band that’s not our favourite band,” Improta explains. After years of commercial and critical success in post-hardcore icons Fever 333, as well as The Chariot and Night Verses respectively, the duo had to put aside all of the striving and stress to reconnect with their first loves as House of Protection. “It’s all gotta be the things we thought were cool as kids.” Incorporating everything from Atlanta trap to UK trip-hop, post-punk and alternative, jock jams and art-rock, filmmaking and skateboarding, House of Protection’s second EP Outrun You All abides by the rule of “if it feels good, do it.” And then do so like your life depends on it.

After releasing their debut EP GALORE with no rules and no expectations, House of Protection are putting their skin in the game with the highly anticipated Outrun You All. Quite literally, that is – the title is taken from one of Harrison’s many tattoos, a lyrical homage to Converge’s 2004 classic ‘Black Cloud.’ Outrun You All is an autonomous, bold statement as well as a “night time” companion piece to GALORE, a completion to an era of unbridled inspiration and creativity. Or, what the second disc of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was to its first: the darks are darker, the pretty moments are prettier, the risks are riskier.

The common denominator for all of this is an earned artistic confidence borne from the rapturous reception of GALORE. Though it was hardly a surprise that House of Protection was warmly greeted by fans of Harrison and Improta’s previous bands, GALORE immediately and organically attracted attention outside the realm of American hardcore. Within less than a year, House of Protection received critical raves from NME, The Guardian and Revolver and were named a Spotify Artist to Watch. The success of GALORE granted House of Protection the freedom to not be experts, to chase the new and interesting over the familiar. Outrun You All is filled with moments of House of Protection surprising themselves as much as the listener. “I always appreciate Quentin Tarantino saying, ‘if you’re going to write a good story, you can’t know where it’s going to go,” Improta notes.

Though a celebration of House of Protection’s burgeoning confidence, there’s a poignant undercurrent in its EP title that goes beyond a nod to their musical heroes. Outrun You All is as much a tribute to the peers and friends who couldn’t join them on this strange and exciting new path. “We’ve had a lot of conversations about how hard it is to watch people with potential just give up on what they’re doing,” Improta says. “I don’t think that will ever be our reality. We match each other’s enthusiasm every day and we know the best is still yet to come.” Indeed, Outrun You All is the sound of Improta and Harrison catching their second wind and House of Protection just getting started.

Desh Kapur UK-Editor/Photographer

My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago