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Hot Water Music | Caution

Like a heavyweight boxer who moves through the ring with the grace of a ballerina, it all seems so easy.
CD, Epitaph

Tekst: Martÿn ter Haar

Publicatiedatum: 16 november 2002

Hot Water Music are known as an emo band, but the sound on Caution can best be qualified as rock. Not this rock, or that rock, but just rock. Ok, so maybe something like "high-impact, compact precision rock" would be a good label. Because on Caution, Hot Water Music perform the great balancing act between raw power and meticulous songwriting with the skills of a Stalin-era, drilled Soviet turner.

Each of the twelve songs on Caution is both aggressive and raw, but at the same time sounds as if every note was carefully considered in the songwriting process. Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard's guitars form a symbiotic unity and have a classic dual-lead feel to them. The intro of 'It's All Related' is even a bit Van Halen-esque. Vocally, they hardly do that screaming-at-the-same-time emo thing anymore, making the music much more streamlined.

Because everything sounds so logical, one is inclined to underestimate Caution on the first few listens. Like a heavyweight boxer who moves through the ring with the grace of a ballerina, it all seems so easy, when it, in fact, requires great skill. Just think of it: How many albums appear, each year, on which all tracks are at least "pretty good"? Usually there's always that godawful one track. Not so on Caution, and highlights such as 'The Sense,' 'We'll Say Anything,' and 'Wayfarer' make Hot Water Music one of the most exciting rock bands of the moment.

http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/hot-water-music/caution/2057/
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