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Review: Post-hardcore punk legends Hot Water Music return with their follow up to 2022's exceptional Feel The Void, marking their quickest turn around between albums in over two decades. Described as "a celebration of our history and future", the project features an expansive list of guest features including Dallas Green of City & Colour/Alexisonfire, Brendan Yates and Daniel Fang of Turnstile, as well as Thrice, The Interrupters and Popeye Vogelsang all making appearances. Prepare for a collaborative and joyous, gravel-throated batch of gritty anthems from one of the best to ever do it, getting by with a little help from some very important friends.

Review: While influencing a massive array of modern emo, pop-punk and indie-rock outfits, Hot Water Music have made it abundantly clear that they don't feel the need to go home just yet.

Their latest, sad times lamenting opus, 'Feel The Void', sees the group recording for the first time with latest addition Chris Cresswell (The Flatliners), who stepped into the band initially for live settings upon Chris Wollard taking a sabbatical for mental health reasons.

Now, for the first time since 2004's 'The New What Next', the band have opted to work with producer Brian McTiernan, arguably responsible for the three best albums to come from HWM during their 'glory days'.

Beyond a return to form, everything from the anthemic 'Hearts Stay Full' to the muted crawl of 'Ride High', screams of a seasoned group of artists with so much more to say. While often replicated, 'Feel The Void' outsads, outfeels and outriffs any would be imitators, and only further cements a status that really was in no need of maintenance.