'Caution' is the fifth studio album by American punk rock band Hot Water Music, released by Epitaph Records on 8th October 2002.
True to it's title, 'Caution' immediately demands the listener's undivided attention. With a unique blend of heartfelt punk, guttural rock, and explorative neo-hardcore, Hot Water Music shirks categorization on 'Caution'. Album opener 'Remedy' blows the Hot Water Music soundbox wide open with great production and deceivingly simple instrumentation, but the reason why the song catches onto an entire generation is because of Chuck Ragan's emotionally charged vocals full of warmth. Immediate and infectious on 'Trusty Chords', a feral rocker that works off a pop blueprint, the band emphasizes variety as it glides into the rhythm-steeped 'One Step To Slip' and the cathartic 'I Was On A Mountain'. Further demonstrating Hot Water Music's depth, 'Caution' sees the band careen from the circle-pit stylings of 'Wayfarer' to the subtle yet frenetic underpinning of 'Alright For Now' with artful management. "We've never tried to be anything but what we are," says bassist Jason Black. "Musically, we've never wanted to define ourselves at all."
Tracklisting:
1. Remedy
2. Trusty Chords
3. I Was On A Mountain
4. One Step To Slip
5. It's All Related
6. The Sense
7. Not For Anyone
8. Sweet Disasters
9. Alright for Now
10. We'll Say Anything We Want
11. Wayfarer
12. The End
