Follow TV Tropes

Following

Context Music / Lifehouse

Go To

1[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Who_We_Are_-_Lifehouse_5185.jpg]]
2[[caption-width-right:250:Precisely.]]
3->''I'm falling even more in love with you\
4Letting go of all I've held onto\
5I'm standing here until you make me move\
6I'm hanging by a moment here with you''
7-->--"Hanging by a Moment"
8
9Lifehouse, originally named Blyss from 1995 to 2000, is an American alternative rock band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Not to be confused with Music/TheWho's music project of the same name. They have released seven albums.
10
11!!Principal members (founding members are in '''bold''', current members are in ''italics'')
12* '''Sergio Andrade''' – bass (1995–2004)
13* Ben Carey – lead guitar (2009–2014, touring musician 2004–2009)
14* '''Collin Hayden''' – lead guitar (1995–2000)
15* '''Aaron Lord''' – keyboards, violin, viola, mandolin (1995–1999)
16* '''Jon "Diff" Palmer''' – drums, percussion (1995–2000)
17* Bryce Soderberg – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals (2004–present)
18* ''Steve Stout'' – lead guitar, backing vocals (2017–present, touring musician 2015–2017)
19* '''''Jason Wade''''' – lead vocals, guitars (1995–present)
20* Rick Woolstenhulme, Jr. – drums, percussion (2000–present)
21* Sean Woolstenhulme – lead guitar, backing vocals (2002–2004)
22
23!!Discography:
24* ''Diff's Lucky Day'' (EP,[[note]]despite being just over 54 minutes long with twelve songs[[/note]] 1999; as Blyss)
25* ''No Name Face'' (2000)
26* ''Stanley Climbfall'' (2002)
27* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Lifehouse]]'' (2005)
28* ''Who We Are'' (2007)
29* ''Smoke & Mirrors'' (2010)
30* ''Almería'' (2012)
31* ''Out of the Wasteland'' (2015)
32
33----
34!!Lifehouse provides examples of:
35* AlbumTitleDrop: Their self-titled album, ''No Name Face'', and ''Almería'' are the only ones with no {{title track}}. Although a ''subversion'' of the trope happens on the title track for ''Stanley Climbfall'', which is derived from the lyrics "''Stan''d, ''climb'', and ''fall''"
36* AutoTune: Used on "Wrecking Ball" and "Here Tomorrow, Gone Today". Jason's used it in some live performances.
37* BreakupSong: "Bridges", "Blind", and "Had Enough", among others
38* DrivenToSuicide: The character in "The Joke".
39* EpicRocking: ''No Name Face'' has two six-minute {{Power Ballad}}s: "Simon" and "Everything". The latter is their longest recorded song so far, and a fan favorite.
40* {{Foreshadowing}}[=/=]SequelHook: The title of ''Who We Are'' (pictured above) actually comes from the last line of the ''previous'' album (Track name "The End Has Only Begun"):
41--> These times that the world falls apart
42--> Make us '''who we are.'''
43* HappilyMarried: Jason, since 2001.
44* LighterAndSofter:
45** Their self-titled album - probably in no small part due to the departure of one of their guitarists and their bassist.
46** Also ''Almería'', though its sound is much more diverse to make up for it.
47* LyricalDissonance: "The Joke", a song about suicide, is up-tempo, bouncy, and downright jarring compared to the mellower material surrounding it on ''Who We Are''.
48* MexicanStandoff: The cover image on ''Almería''. This is also an example of {{Spexico}}, because the cover depicts a scene from a spaghetti western even though the album is titled after a city in Spain. (But a justified example, because many spaghetti westerns have been filmed there.)
49* NewSoundAlbum:
50** ''Smoke & Mirrors'' has a slightly harder edge than their other albums. Programmed drums and AutoTune are also used on a few tracks.
51** ''Almería'' ditches the alternative rock sound almost entirely in favor of experimenting with country, blues, and classic rock influences.
52* NonAppearingTitle: Several times:
53** From ''No Name Face'': "Quasimodo", "Simon"
54** From ''Stanley Climbfall'': "Stanley Climbfall", "Out of Breath", "My Precious"
55** From ''Lifehouse'': "Better Luck Next Time", "Chapter One"
56* PerishingAltRockVoice: Jason, especially in the early days, naturally resulting in...
57* PermaStubble: Jason's default look.
58* SillyLoveSongs: A lot of their content.
59* StepUpToTheMicrophone:
60** Bassist Bryce Soderberg on "Wrecking Ball" from their ''Smoke and Mirrors'' album. He's also been known to take over lead vocals during live concerts sometimes so Jason can give his voice a rest.
61** Bryce and Jason trade off lead vocals in "Stardust", which was originally written by Bryce with the intent of putting it on a solo album.
62* VocalEvolution: At the beginning (circa ''No Name Face'') Jason was fresh out of his teenage years and, like lots of post-grunge vocalists of the early 2000s, had a lot of [[Music/CreedBand Scott Stapp]]-isms in his vocal style. He's since grown out of it a bit - not to mention his vocal range has expanded significantly since then.

Top