A new House of Broken Promises release doesn’t come along every day, and it doesn’t come along without good reason. The Californian desert trio aren’t one of those bands who just throw records out into the ether to see what happens. There’s planning involved, reason. Their debut full-length, Using the Useless (review here), came out on Small Stone in 2009, and last year they at last offered a follow-up release in the Twisted EP. The occasion was an extensive European tour undertaken around fest appearances, and in addition to a take on Billy Squire‘s maddeningly catchy “The Stroke” and a frankly awesome take on Black Sabbath‘s “Lady Evil,” two demos and a live version of “The Hurt (Paid My Dues),” it also brought forth the first look at new studio material from the band in more than half a decade. Like I said, not a minor happening.

It’s just two tracks — “Twisted” and “Toranado” — but the new songs that otherwise might’ve been a 7″ hit hard like a glimpse of what we’ve all been missing: Head-slamming, straight-ahead riffing, big choruses, and a willful “hell yes”-inducing songwriting mentality. House of Broken Promises isn’t a band looking to be this month’s artistes grands. They want audience interaction. You can hear it in the gang shouts on “Twisted” and the surge of “Toranado.” They want the songs to make you move, get your ass to the bar and play catchup with whatever they’re having. What they’re having, incidentally, is a party.

Comprised of bassist/vocalist Joe Mora, drummer Mike Cancino and guitarist Arthur Seay — the latter two of whom got their start playing alongside John Garcia in Unida — House of Broken Promises have long since established their own branch on desert rock’s tallest family tree, especially in the live arena, but to hear that energy brought to a newer studio recording than their still-lone long-player is a boon to anyone looking to groove their way to good times. The video for “Toranado,” which I’m happy to premiere below, is directed by Seay and features the band packing an hour’s worth of asskicking into a two-and-a-half-minute song while set up in the pool of Nude Bowl, surrounded by skating at the park that traces its roots back to the 1970s, when it was taken over by skateboarders after being abandoned by — wait for it — a nudist colony. California, man.

Enjoy the “Toranado” video below, then go back and start it over and enjoy it again, because it’s short and you can do that:

House of Broken Promises, “Toranado” official video premiere

New Music house of Broken Promises off the EP “Twisted” shot in the desert of the Coachella Valley. Video shot at the world famous Nude Bowl in Desert Hot Springs, CA.

Directed by Arthur Seay.

*COMPOSER(S): ARTHUR SEAY, MIKE CANCINO, JOE MORA

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Well, with previous announcements that House of Broken Promises would take part in Desertfest Belgium 2017 in Antwerp (info here) and Keep it Low 2017 in Munich (info here), it seemed only fair to expect a fuller European tour was in the cards, but the news that the Indio, California, three-piece have hooked up with Heavy Psych Sounds for booking a month-long run and the corresponding Oct. 6 release of a new EP, Twisted, is admittedly more than was anticipated.

For one thing, any kind of new studio offering from House of Broken Promises? Yeah, hard to see that coming. It’s been nearly whole eight years since they released their debut full-length, Using the Useless (review here), on Small Stone, and though they’ve spoken for years about a follow-up, just about nothing has surfaced — though did you know they released their set from Desertfest London 2013 as a CD-R through CDBaby? It’s here. Man, nobody told me about that shit. I was at that show. They killed it. Wish I had known that was out.

Anyway, sidetracked. Point is the new EP has some older outtakes and covers and this-and-thats, but it’s still something new from House of Broken Promises and all the more commendable that they’re both putting it out and hitting the road so fervently to support it. Could it mean more new stuff to come in 2018? Hard not to immediately get greedy when it comes to Arthur Seay riffage.

From the PR wire:

Desert metallers HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISES to tour Europe this fall; new EP coming on Heavy Psych Sounds!

Indio, CA’s stoner metal veterans HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISES have announced their return to the Old Continent, with a full European tour and a new EP coming this fall.
Heavy/stoner rock trio from Indio, California HOPB is back with their new “Twisted” EP, which features two unreleased covers (Black Sabbath and Billy Squire) plus a bunch of outtakes and live songs for a total of 30 minutes of heavy music.

The former Unida musicians reiterate their successful formula with Mike Cancino’s powerful drumming, guitarist and producer Arthur Seay’s wall of riffs, and Joe More wonderful John Garcia-esque vocals. “Twisted” was recorded at Arthur Seay’s studio in Indio, near the Joshua Tree area who inspired so many stoner/desert rock bands. Artwork was designed by Italian artist and HPS favorite Solo Macello.

HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISES new EP “Twisted” is out October 6th on Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Presale start September 1st at this location.

HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISES EUROPEAN TOUR
29.09.2017 IT Pescara – Scumm
30.09.2017 IT Savona – Raindogs
01.10.2017 IT Parma
02.10.2017 IT Zerobranco – Altroquando
03.10.2017 IT Milan
04.10.2017 FR Chambery – Le Brin Du Zinc
05.10.2017 FR Montpellier – The Black Sheep
06.10.2017 SP Barcelona – Monasterio
07.10.2017 SP Madrid
08.10.2017 SP Santiago De Compostela – Sala Moon
10.10.2017 SP Gijon – Sala Acapulco
11.10.2017 SP Bilbao – Wombat
12.10.2017 SP Saragoza or San Sebastian
13.10.2017 FR Nantes – La Scene Michelet
14.10.2017 BE Antwerp – Desertfest
16.10.2017 DE Koln – Lime*
17.10.2017 DE Munster – Rare Shop Guitar*
18.10.2017 DE Bielefeld – Potemkin*
19.10.2017 CH Basel – Hirschneck*
20.10.2017DE Frankfurt – Yachtklub*
21.10.2017 DE Munich – Keep It Low*
22.10.2017 AT Salzburg – Rockhouse*
24.10.2017 DE Wien – Viper Room*
25.10.2017 DE Dresden – Chemofabrik*
26.10.2017 DE Erfurt – Tiko*
27.10.2017 CH Olten – Coq D’Or*
28.10.2017 DE Siegen – Vortex*
* dates with Black Bone

HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISES is guitarist Arthur Seay (Unida, ApeSh!t), bassist/vocalist Joe Mora (HDR, Street Drugs DTLA, The Addicts) and drummer Mike Cancino (Unida, Lynch Mob). Formed on the ashes of Unida (which also featured Kyuss legend John Garcia), their Small Stone Records debut “Using the Useless”, led the charge in a more refined stoner metal approach than the standard stoner rock sound of similar scene bands.

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House of Broken Promises, Using the Useless (2009)