In January 2012 the band signed with Rise Records[6] and released Ground Dweller, in March,[7] streaming the entire album on the Alternative Press website.
[9] In April 2012 released a video EP named Snow Sessions with acoustic performances of some songs from Ground Dweller.
During a UK tour with Pierce the Veil and Woe, Is Me, Hands Like Houses performed new songs from Unimagine, including the lead single "Introduced Species".
On returning to the US in late April, the band supported Chiodos on the remaining dates of their 'Devil's Dance' tour, alongside Emarosa, Our Last Night and '68.
During this period, the band released their third music video for 'A Tale of Outer Suburbia', directed by Joshua Aylett.
In 2015 Hands Like Houses performed on Silverstein's Discovering the Waterfront 10 Year Anniversary Tour, alongside Beartooth, Major League and My Iron Lung.
Prior to beginning the tour, the band recorded a new standalone single "I Am" with Erik Ron at Grey Area Studios in LA.
The band entered the studio in March, recording their third album with James Paul Wisner (Underoath, Paramore, Go Radio, The Getaway Plan) in St Cloud, Florida.
Hands Like Houses appeared on the UK's renowned Download Festival in mid-June, as well as the entire US Vans Warped Tour in June–August.
In addition, they have been announced as main support for Enter Shikari's Australian leg of The Mindsweep World Tour.
[19] A few days later, the band also announced that they would be joining Northlane and In Hearts Wake on their The Equinox Tour in Australia in June 2016.
On 15 June 2017, the band released a standalone single "Drift" and announced that they had signed to Hopeless Records worldwide excluding Australia and New Zealand, where their partnership with UNFD continues.
During the start of 2018, the band appeared at Unify festival in Tarwin Lower, and also embarked on the Resonants acoustic tour.
On 26 July, the band announced they would be releasing their fourth studio album, Anon, on 12 October through Hopeless Records.
[34] On 24 March 2024, Hands Like Houses released the four-track EP Tropo – Volume 1, exploring themes such as mental health struggles, societal disillusionment, and addiction.
[35] Following this, the band released another four-track EP titled Strato on 7 June 2024, continuing the themes of Tropo with tracks like "Hollow" addressing issues of numbness and mental health.
Atmospherics is the 1st of many to come, thanks again - HLH" [40]In September 2021, Hands Like Houses was dropped by UNFD Records due to serious sexual abuse and assault allegations made against one of the members and their family by a former partner.
[42] On 7 July 2022, UNFD issued a statement about Hands Like Houses, apologising for any hurt and stress caused, whilst also acknowledging that the music industry is working out how to deal with allegations of this nature.
[43] The accuser was also linked to a case in 2019, where they made false sexual abuse allegations against a member of the band Good Doogs.