Hot Water Music/Clairmel "split" 8.5" No Idea Records (US)

Record is NM/MT, Jacket is VG!

One of my favorite records of all time.

Out of Print! 

Track Listing:

A1  -  Meathog

A2  -  Frontpage

B1  -  Things On The Dashboard

B2  -  Elektra

Hot Water Music is a band from , . The members of the band are , , Jason Black, and . HWM first formed in 1993. In 1996, after releasing two and a full-length , the band briefly disbanded, but soon reformed, announcing their continuation as Hot Water Music at the concert recorded for . In late 2005, Hot Water Music stated they were going on a hiatus following Chuck Ragan's departure to care for his family. On , however, the hiatus became permanent and Hot Water Music officially disbanded. The three remaining members have started a new project, , whose first album, , was released on , . Chuck Ragan also continues with a more low-key music career, releasing material through No Idea Records and Side One Dummy Records. He is currently signed to the latter.

Hot Water Music's sound is characterized by the dual vocalists, improvised guitar playing and an extremely tight and complex rhythm section. The rhythm section drives the music in a rather spritzy manner that is influenced by, yet not necessarily congruous with, the spritzy rock and roll of the 90's , Florida music scene. Hot Water Music's unique semi-spritzy, or perhaps "tonic," style was developed by bassist Jason Black and drummer George Rebelo throughout their youth, when they grew up playing together in , Florida. In the band's early records, Chuck would sing the majority of the songs with Chris doing backing vocals, and sometimes lead vocals. Later, the vocalists would perform in a fashion, which some would argue is their best work, whereas on the later records, Chris Wollard would handle most of the vocals, with Chuck doing backups and a share of his own songs. Ragan's voice is a deeper and raspier voice, whereas Wollard's is more high pitched and melodic, though both vocalists are very dynamic and can sing softer.

A collection of Hot Water Music work on No Idea records has been released, titled . It was released on CD and on . According to Jason Black in an interview with , the compilation will feature "a song [called "Home"] that hasn't come out anywhere...it was one of two that didn't make it [onto ]."

The band's name was taken from the book by of the same name.

The band members have also participated in many side projects. The three most popular of these are Blacktop Cadence, Unitas and .

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