{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Exister | type = Album | artist = Hot Water Music | cover = Hot Water Music - Exister cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2012|5|15}} | recorded = January 19 – February 12, 2012 at The Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado | venue = | studio = | genre = Punk rock, post-hardcore | length = 37:57 | label = Rise Records | producer = Bill Stevenson | prev_title = Till the Wheels Fall Off | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Exister | type = Studio | single1 = Drag My Body | single1date = March 28, 2012 | single2 = State of Grace | single2date = April 20, 2012 }} }} {{Music ratings | MC = 74/100<ref>{{cite web |title=Exister by Hot Water Music |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/exister/hot-water-music |website=Metacritic |access-date=October 18, 2025}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/exister-mw0002336470 |title=Exister – Hot Water Music |website=AllMusic |last=Heaney |first=Gregory |access-date=October 18, 2025}}</ref> | rev2 = Consequence | rev2score = C+<ref>{{cite web|title=Album Review: Hot Water Music – Exister |url=https://consequence.net/2012/05/album-review-hot-water-music-exister/ |website=Consequence |first=Alex |last=Young |date=May 14, 2012 |access-date=October 18, 2025}}</ref> | rev3 = The A.V. Club | rev3score = C−<ref>{{cite web|title=Hot Water Music: ''Exister'' |url=https://www.avclub.com/hot-water-music-exister-1798172816 |website=The A.V. Club |first=Jason |last=Heller |date=May 15, 2012 |access-date=October 18, 2025}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Louder Sound'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Hot Water Music – ''Exister'' |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/hot-water-music-exister |website=Louder Sound |date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=October 18, 2025}}</ref> | rev5 = Sputnikmusic | rev5score = 4/5<ref>{{cite web|title=Hot Water Music – ''Exister'' |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/49947/Hot-Water-Music-Exister/ |website=Sputnikmusic |first=Adam |last=Downer |date=May 27, 2012 |access-date=October 18, 2025}}</ref> | rev6 = BBC Music | rev6score = (positive)<ref>{{cite web|title=Review of Hot Water Music – ''Exister'' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/b9zb/ |website=BBC Music |last=Lawrence |first=Alistair |access-date=October 18, 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Exister''''' is the seventh full-length album by Hot Water Music, which was released by Rise Records on May 15, 2012. ''Exister'' is Hot Water Music's first original full-length album in eight years, since 2004's ''The New What Next''.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Mainline | length1 = 2:32 | title2 = Boy, You're Gonna Hurt Someone | length2 = 2:34 | title3 = State of Grace | length3 = 2:22 | title4 = Drown in It | length4 = 2:43 | title5 = Drag My Body | length5 = 3:21 | title6 = Safety | length6 = 2:50 | title7 = Exister | length7 = 3:01 | title8 = Wrong Way | length8 = 3:47 | title9 = Take No Prisoners | length9 = 3:13 | title10 = Pledge Wore Thin | length10 = 3:01 | title11 = No End Left in Sight | length11 = 3:15 | title12 = The Traps | length12 = 2:47 | title13 = Paid in Full | length13 = 2:33 |total_length = 37:57 }}
==Personnel== *Chuck Ragan – guitar, vocals *Chris Wollard – guitar, vocals *Jason Black – bass *George Rebelo – drums
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Exister'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2012) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627062005/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 27, 2015|title=Albums : Top 100|website=Jam!|date=May 16, 2012|access-date=December 6, 2025}}</ref> | 96 |- {{album chart|Germany|59|id=193595|artist=Hot Water Music|album=Exister|rowheader=true|access-date=December 6, 2025}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|40|date=20120520|rowheader=true|access-date=December 6, 2025}} |- {{album chart|UKRock|11|date=20120520|rowheader=true|access-date=December 6, 2025}} |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/music/hot-water-music/chart-history|title=Hot Water Music Chart History (''Billboard'' 200)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 6, 2025|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503100013/https://www.billboard.com/music/hot-water-music/chart-history|archive-date=May 3, 2018}}</ref> | 34 |- ! scope="row"| US Independent Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums/2012-06-02|title=Independent Albums: Week of June 2, 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 6, 2025|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926202906/https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums/2012-06-02|archive-date=September 26, 2016}}</ref> | 8 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Alternative Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-albums/2012-06-02|title=Top Alternative Albums: Week of June 2, 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 6, 2025|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317064355/https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-albums/2012-06-02|archive-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref> | 11 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hard-rock-albums/2012-06-02/|title=Top Hard Rock Albums: Week of June 2, 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 6, 2025|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211190558/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hard-rock-albums/2012-06-02/|archive-date=December 11, 2021}}</ref> | 3 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-albums/2012-06-02|title=Top Rock Albums: Week of June 2, 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 6, 2025|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011062919/https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-albums/2012-06-02|archive-date=October 11, 2015}}</ref> | 15 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Tastemaker Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/tastemaker-albums/2012-06-02|title=Tastemaker Albums: Week of June 2, 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 6, 2025|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622143235/https://www.billboard.com/charts/tastemaker-albums/2012-06-02|archive-date=June 22, 2019}}</ref> | 13 |}
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Category:Hot Water Music albums Category:2012 albums Category:Rise Records albums Category:Albums produced by Bill Stevenson (musician)