We had a lot of discussions about how to open the album, but I'm glad we went with “Menace.” This one hits like an old friend with a nice new coat of paint. It would fit on any other HWM record, but ...

Hot Water Music are streaming “The Fire, The Steel, The Tread” from their seven-inch release due this August. Check it out below.

However, when I think back to that era of the band’s career, so much of it is intertwined with the legends in Hot Water Music. Whether it was sharing stages with them around the globe, listening to ...