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Our latest exclusive vinyl variant is a new \u201cfrosted coke bottle\u201d pressing of Hot Water Music<\/strong>\u2018s classic 2002 album Caution<\/i>. That\u2019s limited to 300 copies and up for pre-order in the BV shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n For the uninitiated, here\u2019s what we wrote about Caution<\/i> in our list of essential 2000s melodic punk albums<\/a>:<\/p>\n \nWith their rugged blend of punk, emo, and post-hardcore, Hot Water Music had established themselves as a force to be reckoned with as far back as their 1997 debut album Fuel for the Hate Game<\/i><\/a>. At first they had a loose, spindly sound, but they started to tighten things up on 2001\u2019s A Flight and a Crash<\/i> (their first for Epitaph and first with producer Brian McTernan<\/a>) and then they fully streamlined things with the following year\u2019s Caution<\/i> (also on Epitaph and with Brian). All eras of Hot Water Music are good in their own ways, but there\u2019s a reason that Caution<\/i> (which the band played in full in 2019 on their 25th anniversary tour<\/a>) remains a favorite for so many fans. This is the album where they had bottled up all the great ideas they\u2019d had previously, and spit them back out into the most focused batch of songs they\u2019ve ever released. It opens with the one-two punch of \u201cRemedy\u201d and \u201cTrusty Chords\u201d \u2014 two of the most iconic punk songs of the past 25 years \u2014 and it\u2019s hard to go anywhere but down after that, but Hot Water Music keep the energy and the great hooks coming. Caution<\/i> sneaks in the more intricate aspects of the band\u2019s earlier work, but for the most part, this is Hot Water Music at their most direct and least frilly. These are fist-in-the-air, screamalong ragers that light up the crowd every time Hot Water Music break one out at their shows. The album is so urgent and inspired that, no matter how many times you listen, it always feels like the first time all over again.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Stream the album below, and pre-order our exclusive variant in the BV shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hot Water Music have European shows with Dropkick Murphys, Terror<\/strong>, and more coming up this summer. See all dates below.<\/p>\n\n