Hot Water Music
A Flight And A Crash LP vinyl

A Flight and a Crash is a defining Hot Water Music record and a powerful snapshot of the band at the height of their early-2000s form. Released in 2001, the album captures everything that made the Gainesville, Florida quartet so essential: rough-edged guitars, relentless drums, melodic urgency and Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard’s unmistakable dual-vocal attack.

The songs balance the raw intensity of punk with a more expansive, emotional approach to songwriting. Tracks like “Remedy,” “A Flight and a Crash,” “Paper Thin” and “Choked and Separated” show a band that could sound bruising and vulnerable at the same time, turning personal tension and restless energy into anthemic, emotionally charged punk rock.

Recorded with producer Brian McTernan, the album marked another step forward for a band that had already spent years refining its sound through relentless touring. A Flight and a Crash remains one of Hot Water Music’s essential records — melodic without losing its edge, heavy without becoming overbearing, and deeply human at its core.

For fans of emotionally charged punk, post-hardcore and loud guitars with something real to say, this is essential Hot Water Music.

NEW /  Released in 2001 / Reissued in 2019

Tracklist:

A1 A Flight & A Crash

A2 Jack Of All Trades

A3 Paper Thin

A4 Instrumental

A5 Swinger

A6 A Clear Line

A7 Choked & Separated

B1 Old Rules

B2 Sons & Daughters

B3 Sunday Suit

B4 She Takes It So Well

B5 One More Time

B6 In The Gray

B7 Call It Trashing

B8 So Many Days