Hot Water Music/The Casket Lottery "split" 7" Second Nature (US)

Record is NM/MT, Jacket is NM!

Out of Print!

Both Bands Cover Government Issue Songs!!

Pressed on Peach Wax!! 

Track Listing:

A – Jaded Eyes Recorded By – Written-By – B – For Ever Recorded By – Written-By –

  

Hot Water Music is a band from , . The members of the band are , , Jason Black, and . HWM first formed in 1993. In 1998, after releasing multiple and three 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. On May 13, 2006 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 September 12, 2006. 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. The band members have also participated in many side projects. The four most popular of these are Blacktop Cadence, Cro(w)s, Unitas and .

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 Casket Lottery is a three-piece band from , signed to .

1997

The band started in 1997 after Nathan Ellis spent time on the road with Coalesce. He and Stacy Hilt struck up an instant friendship and love for music beyond the hardcore and metal roots of Coalesce. After leaving Coalesce in the fall of 1997, Ellis assumed bass duties, filling the hole left by Stacy's departure. A chance meeting at a local benefit show reunited Nathan and Stacy once again, at which time he presented Stacy with the basement tracks that would end up on the Diver cassette and Dot,Dot. They found a perfect complement to their musical background in a then 15 year old drumming phenom Nathan (Jr.) Richardson. The band has toured across the United States numerous times (with Reflector, , , Proudentall, and among others), and has released a healthy number of records.

2006 - Present

In mid-2006, the band went on hiatus. Singer Nathan Ellis works on a record and plays shows with his new bands and , and drummer Nathan "Junior" Richardson joined , completing several tours as well as recording on their album "Peregrine." He has subsequently quit The Appleseed Cast. Both Nathans are members of the reformed .

In 2010 the band re-united as special guest at Coalesce show in their hometown. They also reformed in early 2011 to play shows with recently re-united friends in . In late August 2011 they announced via their Facebook page that they were to enter the studio with to record a new album.

On August 30, 2011, The Casket Lottery announced that they were recording new material with Ed Rose at Black Lodge, which was followed by an announcement on January 9th, 2012 that the new material will be released via No Sleep Records in the Spring and Summer of 2012.

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