ALKALINE TRIO / HOT WATER MUSIC - Split 12" (Silver Vinyl)

Label: Jade Tree

ALKALINE TRIO offers 3 doses of pop influenced punk rock enveloped in the shadow of death and despair with slivers of light penetrating the seams to tender a glimmer of hope and consolation. All that and a HOT WATER MUSIC cover too.

HOT WATER MUSIC treads on familiar ground, churning out 4 raw and intensely passionate songs, which includes 2 ALKALINE TRIO covers. Both band’s contributions are brand new and exclusive to this EP.

The split features two original songs from each band before the they both take a stab at covering each other, with some pretty impressive results. The original songs are great, but the two groups really excel at covering each other’s best material.

What really shines through on this EP are the covers that show a great understanding of the other band’s music. That’s a big part of why we still treasure this split 20 years later.