| Hot Water Music – Western Grace Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| To the best of my knowledge, this is one of the first HWM songs that acknowledges their association with the Richmond, VA punk scene (they became friends with bands like Avail, Inquisition, Ann Baretta, etc). The song title refers to the heart of the punk scene at that time, West Grace Street. The consequence of these friendships on the band and their music would end up being significant. Richmond's scene was already steeped in influence from DC, adding their own take on the PMA philosophy as rationale/in recognition of Richmond's well known racist history and economic disparity (and its related social issues). The philosophy's core concepts of unity, personal responsibility, and positivity would subsequently play a very large role in HWM going fwd, e.g. particularly No Division, A Flight and a Crash, and Caution. | |
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