Ground Dweller

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Ground Dweller
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Studio album by
Released13 March 2012
Genre Post-hardcore, alternative rock
Length40:38
Label Rise
Producer Cameron Mizell
Hands Like Houses chronology
Ground Dweller
(2012)
Unimagine
(2013)

Ground Dweller is the debut full-length album by Australian post-hardcore band Hands Like Houses. It was released on 13 March 2012 through Rise Records and was produced by Cameron Mizell.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Antarctica"4:09
2."Don't Look Now, I'm Being Followed, Act Normal"3:14
3."This Ain't No Place for Animals"4:07
4."Spineless Crow"3:44
5."Starving to Death in the Belly of the Whale"3:34
6."A Clown and His Pipe"3:27
7."The Definition of Not-Leaving"2:28
8."Lion Skin" (featuring Tyler Carter and Jonny Craig)4:19
9."One Hundred"3:29
10."Watchmaker" (featuring Matty Mullins)4:02
11."The Sower"4:05
Total length:40:38

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [1] 141
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [2] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [3] 21
US Alternative Albums (Billboard) [4] 22
US Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [5] 11
US Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [6] 38

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