About
House Of Refuge is a band for hire in Newcastle, NSW.
Four blokes from Newcastle who got together in 2020 and have been making a racket ever since. House Of Refuge play independent alternative rock with the amps up: think the Aussie edge of Bad//Dreems, Midnight Oil and Spy V Spy, the riffs of Queens of the Stone Age, the groove of Wolfmother and the Chili Peppers, plus a bit of Celibate Rifles and Frenzal Rhomb attitude. They've played plenty of local shows around the Newcastle region and supported The Screaming Jets, Spy V Spy and Lime Spiders. Their music's been described as high energy earworm songs. The set is originals, which makes them a pub, festival and live-music-venue booking rather than a covers act.
The show
Loud, original alternative rock with a clear Australian streak running through it. The influences are worn openly: Bad//Dreems, Midnight Oil and Spy V Spy on the local side, the riff-heavy end of Queens of the Stone Age, the groove of Wolfmother and Red Hot Chili Peppers, and a punk edge that owes something to Celibate Rifles and Frenzal Rhomb. They've built up a long run of shows around Newcastle and opened for The Screaming Jets, Spy V Spy and Lime Spiders. The description that has stuck to their songs is high energy and full of earworms, with a sound people have called timeless, original and rocking.
Song list
Originals
