Disco de Hot Water Music: “No Division”

this is the one cd i would bring with me if i was stranded on a desert island. it has all of the passion and energy of an amazing punk record, but also has this optimism and love for life that i havent found anywhere else. some hwm fans dont like this cd, but i think it's kinda what you were 'raised on'. this was the first hwm cd i got into, but most got into cds like fuel for the hate game first, which is also awesome. i could fight a war to these songs, and i could stare out at the ocean while listening to them. get it.

This is so awesome, there was so much hype for this album based on their previous marvels and it lived up to the hype and surpassed it by leaps and bounds. This is by far the best record I have ever heard. They really have outdone themselves. This is a must buy for a HWM fan or any punk fan at all.

Uh..ok. no divison is amazing. HWM at CMJ'99 in NYC. Amazing. No division, end of gun, jet set ready live=amazing. i have no idea where that jeff sky valley guy is talking about. i think he needs to re-listen to this amazing album. sure, fuel, finding, and forever are great, but they are all different like this album. four great albums. all different and amazing. jeff sky, go listen to end of a gun over and over. buy this album and see them live no matter what.

This album flat our rocks, but in a different way than their previous releases. The singing on some songs seem to have a different style to them than before. Dare I say they sound like older Fugazi even more nowadays? Old fans, get this. New people, take note.

Having been fortunate enough to see the mighty HWM 6 or 7 times before they broke up the first time, it was with baited breath that I waited for this album. I would say they were one the most powerful musical experiences I've witnessed. Boy, what a letdown this was. It's their weakest effort to date, in all respects. The layered and divergent vocals that made Forever and Counting are all but gone. The speed and power that made energy tangible on Fuel is not here either. Nor is there really a trace of the grace and beauty that makes Finding one of my favorite records ever. The vocals are weak, the production is slick, and in general this is just the blah album that will provide them accessibility to a larger audience. This is the archtypical "emo" that strips the hardcore influence and renders it, as a style, purely ineffectual. All that being said Free Radio Gainsville is an ok song, the only decent one on the whole album. Do yourself a favor and buy Fuel for the Hate game, for it is a mind blowing album. Two stars because they were after all, what I'd call one of the best bands from the past few years before this. It's truely a shame to hear what they are becoming.