Hot Water Music will be celebrating thirty years was a band with a big tour this coming May, and have now announced that the tour will coincide with a new album. Titled VOWS, that LP is due out 10 May 2024 via the collaborative efforts of Equal Vision Records (North America), End Hits Records (EU-UK), and Cooking Vinyl (Aus-NZ). There is a fully-loaded link page where you can preorder and pre-save that LP here.
Not content with just one announcement single, the band has released two: “Burn Forever” and “Menace,” the latter of which is a proper music video.
Regarding that tour, it is occurring in two legs with Quicksand will be joining for the entirety of the tour. The first leg goes from 03 May to 19 May, and will also feature Off With Their Heads. The Brooklyn, NY stop will also have Modern Life is War and The Ergs for a stacked gig.
The second leg picks up on 13 Jun until 29 Jun, and will see Tim Barry along with his solo act. have released a new single via Equal Vision Records. The song is called “Drawn” and it's available for purchase and streaming at this link.
This tour is in addition to the UK tour this coming March, with guests A Wilhelm Scream and Catbite.
Find more info and tickets links at the official HWM page.
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