Formation and Early Years The bands formed in 2013 with Connor Hallisey as lead vocalist, Tobias Young as guitarist and backing vocals, Josh White as guitarist, Tim Hoolahan as Bassist, and James Tuckey as drummer. (Their formation followed a previous iteration in which Hallisey, Young, White, and Hoolahan had written and performed under the name 'Deadlines') During the first few years of their formation, the British quintet released a 7-track EP called
//Redefine in 2015, releasing 3 singles & videos - their debut single Rest Assured, which many still consider one of their best tracks - as well as singles 'If Those Were Guns, Reggie Be Dead', and 'Heisenberg'. In 2015-17, Our Hollow, Our Home performed at a series of well known venues in England, including headline shows at the Joiners in Southampton, Key Club in
Leeds, The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth, as well as playing Redfest, Butserfest, and Takedown Festival amongst others. The EP, combined with an intensely energetic on stage show, helped cement their reputation as 'one to watch' in the up and coming metalcore band scene, with Kerrang! detailing them in their 'local heroes' section of the magazine. In 2017 they released 4 previously written songs titled
Feast For the Crows,
Throne to the Wolves,
Worms Wood, and
Karmadillo, before 2017 when all 4 songs appeared on their debut album
Hartsick. During the time of release of these tracks, Hoolahan and Tuckey left the band, with Matt Tubb joining on bass, and Nick Taliadoros on drums. (Between 2018 and 2022, Tubb would later leave the band - initially replaced by Bobby Brooks, before Bobby left the band and Lawrence Welling joined - Taliadoros also left and was replaced by Alex Raynor) In late March of 2017, Our Hollow, Our Home headlined a show at Venue 229 in
London with Vanity Draws Blood and Sworn Amongst as special guests. In October that year, the band headlined a Halloween show with special guests
Crystal Lake,
Holding Absence, Shields, Lifetight, and Map Maker. Shortly afterward, Our Hollow, Our Home co-headlined a tour across the UK with
Kingdom of Giants. A year later, in October of 2018, the band held a Halloween show in their native Southampton. Beforehand, they released their third album
In Moment / / In Memory and the idea of the album came from guitarist and vocalist Tobias Young who spoke about his father who died from an aggressive form of
lung cancer. Young stated that the moment of his life was the catalyst for the third album. In March of 2019, Our Hollow, Our Home headlined yet another show, this time at the Boston Music Room in London special guests Lock & Key,
TheCityIsOurs, and The Uncharted. In September of 2019, the band released a music video to
Parting Gift as an effort to provide all proceeds from digital sales to be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support. In November that year, the British metalcore quintet were among the acts for the
Impericon Never Say Die! Tour with Crystal Lake and
King 810.
COVID and Signing with Arising Empire In the Spring of 2020, Our Hollow, Our Home was scheduled to headline a European and UK tour with special guests Ghost Iris,
AVIANA, and TheCityIsYours but was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, just as the
COVID lockdowns were lifting, the band signed with German record label
Arising Empire and released their fourth album
Burn in the Flood and released a music video to the song from that album titled
Remember Me with Ryo Kinoshita of Crystal Lake.
New Lineup, Hope & Hell, and Disbandment In 2023, all members with the exception of Tobias Young decided to depart and Young was later joined with a new lineup, including unclean vocalist Gaz King, guitarist James Hackett, Matt Thomason on the bass, and drummer Kieran Tonks. The new lineup released their first single together titled
Downpour. In 2024, Our Hollow, Our Home decided to call it quit but held one final show at the Loft in their hometown of Southampton. They also dropped their fifth and final album 'Hope & Hell' which was released in September that year. ==Band Members==