“I’m reckless sonically,” singer songwriter Dave Hause says. “I have done something else on this record. I have just done what I wanted to do; that’s the metaphor within this record. I’m so uncertain about the future of anything I constantly feel like I’m driving a stolen car.”
Drive It Like It’s Stolen, Hause’s sixth and latest album, conjures an image that is romantic, bold, and exhilaratingly adventurous all in unison. But driving a stolen car isn’t always ideal unless you really do make a getaway. The record is about being in the moment when creating and not doing what’s expected of one’s reputation or traditional sound. It’s a record that sees Hause evolve and expand unapologetically while also being perfectly poetic and inventively intelligent.
Being a father now, Hause is tasked with balancing roles and responsibilities in this life while managing and documenting the overdecorated artistic impulses within his mental corridors in the recording and writing processes.
“Doing what I please gets continuously difficult. As you get older it is less suitable to drive anything like it’s stolen,” Hause muses. “I have had a lot of people pass away who were close to me. Knowing that nothing is guaranteed creates a certain sense of anxiety, certainly in today’s world. You only thing you can control is being out of control.”
Drive It Like It’s Stolen is new territory for Hause, with the lyrical perspective taking on board a fictional third person’s storytelling perspective at times, mixed in with the classic ever-lasting layers of honesty. He comments on having a restless, obsessive, habitual stance towards life and as a musician.
“My mind is working all the time, I’m not good at sleeping, resting, or keeping still,” Hause laughs. “Facing everyday challenges translates into creating songs also, hating and studying what I have created when writing while balancing it with a tendency to want to keep working is a balance I find tricky.”
Showing how Hause has put everything into this record and the results are there for the taking and enjoyment, it captures a musician who is still learning every day about themselves and managing being human. The music truly captures the expansion of one’s mind and amazing attitude towards life through amazing music and truly profound hypnotic storytelling. Drive It Like It’s Stolen lands at a point in his career where this album does sound different, but it also is still so working class and relatable and how there is a devote subconscious trust between him and the listeners.
“It’s strange being able to push a fanbase and also, at the same time, have them be willing to be pushed,” says Hause. “I’ve got the license to do more. I love when art is fearless and from the heart. I hope my perspective is what people are here for now. I want people to hear an artist trying to do better and trying to do new. My internal pressure is to not sound like me, I want to keep people on their toes and surprise them. I trust I can touch on what is connective to move forward. It’s scary and risky but I will always try. To do things in just one way, would not be an interesting way to live my life.”
