Hot Water Music are celebrating their 30th anniversary in a big way. In addition to embarking on a previously announced 2024 tour, the veteran post-hardcore band is releasing a guest-filled new album titled Vows on May 10th.
The LP features contributions from Daniel Fang and Brendan Yates of Turnstile; Thrice; Dallas Green of Alexisonfire and City and Colour; The Interrupters; and Popeye Vogelsang of Calling Hours and Farside.
In advance of the album’s release, Hot Water Music have unveiled the singles “Menace” and “Burn Forever,” neither featuring any guests.
“In this day and age, it’s easy to get caught up in day-to-day frustrations,” singer-guitarist Chuck Ragan says of the song “Menace,” adding, “What isn’t easy all the time is recognizing our ability to choose our mental state. We own the power to slow down enough to be present in our anger, realizing the paths away from hatred and preparing ourselves for the next time we cross ways with menace.”
Regarding the other new song, fellow singer-guitarist Chris Wollard remarks, “‘Burn Forever’ is about processing grief. Allowing it to happen, and also about the things we learn to help us through it.”
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The album was produced by Brendan McTiernan, an influential hardcore veteran himself as a member of the bands Battery, Ashes, and Be Well.
“The theme that kept coming up while working on this record was growth — how writing a song, recording an album, or being in a band is like planting a seed and helping it grow,” state Hot Water Music collectively. “We think a lot of that had to do with looking back and realizing that over 30 years, we’ve managed to make something special that we all really love.”
Following a UK jaunt in March, Hot Water Music will launch a North American tour in early May, featuring special guests Quicksand. Tickets for that outing are available here.
Listen to Hot Water Music’s new songs “Menace” and “Burn Forever,” and see the album art, tracklist, and the band’s tour dates, below. Pre-order or pre-save Vows here.
Vows Artwork:
Vows Tracklist:
01. Menace
02. Searching for Light
03. Burn Forever
04. After the Impossible (feat. Dallas Green)
05. Remnants (feat. Daniel Fang and Brendan Yates)
06. Chewing on Broken Glass
07. Fences (feat. Thrice)
08. Side of the Road
09. Wildfire (feat. Popeye Vogelsang)
10. Bury Us All
11. Touch the Sun
12. Much Love (feat. The Interrupters)
Hot Water Music 2024 Tour Dates:
03/22 – Bristol, UK @ SWX %
03/23 – London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town %
03/24 – Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 %
03/26 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms %
03/27 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club %
03/28 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club %
03/29 – Glasgow, UK @ Slay Glasgow %
03/30 – Manchester City Centre, UK @ MPF Manchester Punk Festival 2023 %
05/03 — Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s *
05/04 — Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall *
05/05 — Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall *
05/07 — Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall *
05/08 — Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom *
05/09 — Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts *
05/10 — Boston, MA @ Royale *
05/11 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount #
05/12 — Mechanicsburg, PA @ Lovedraft’s Brewing Co. *
05/13 — Washington, DC @ The Howard *
05/14 — Richmond, VA @ The National *
05/15 — Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Heaven) *
05/17 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall *
05/18 — San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger *
05/19 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk *
06/13 — Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom ^
06/14 — Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues ^
06/15 — Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall ^
06/16 — St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall ^
06/17 — Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall ^
06/18 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre ^
06/20 — Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater ^
06/21 — San Diego, CA @ House of Blues ^
06/22 — Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory ^
06/23 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco ^
06/24 — San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall ^
06/25 — Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades ^
06/27 — Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall ^
06/28 — Seattle, WA @ The Showbox ^
06/29 — Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom ^
11/07 – Münster, DE @ Skaters Palace
11/08 – Hanover, DE @ Capitol Hannover
11/09 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
11/10 – Antwerpen, BE @ Muziekcentrum Trix
11/12 – Stuttgart, DE @ LKA Longhorn
11/13 – München, DE @ Muffathalle
11/14 – Vienna, AT @ Simm City
11/15 – Leipzig, DE @ Felsenkeller Leipzig
11/16 – Berlin, DE @ Huxleys Neue Welt
11/18 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Hornstulls Strand
11/19 – Göteborg, SE @ Musikens Hus
11/20 – Søborg, DK @ Richter
11/21 – Hamburg, DE @ Grosse Freiheit 36
11/22 – Wiesbaden, DE @ Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
11/23 – Cologne, DE @ Palladium Cologne
* = w/ Quicksand and Off with Their Heads
# = w/ with Quicksand, Modern Life Is War, and The Ergs
^ = w/ with Quicksand and Tim Barry
% = w/ A Wilhelm Screen and Catbite