Hotline TNT — the New York-based band fronted by Will Anderson — announce their third album Raspberry Moon, out June 20th via Third Man Records and share its lead single, “Julia’s War.” The follow up to Cartwheel, the band’s “exquisite” (Billboard) 2023 breakthrough, Raspberry Moon is the most sweeping and compelling Hotline TNT album to date and, crucially, the first built by a full band. Funneled into the album are moments of vulnerability and romance, creating a generationally great statement of youthful wistfulness and very adult growth that also happens to be very charming and sometimes funny.
WATCH THE VIDEO/STREAM NEW TRACK JULIA’S WAR
The album is available to pre-order now on the following formats (the first 100 pre-orders of the album on either colour vinyl LP, exclusively from thirdmanrecords.com, will receive a bonus 'cassingle' of Julia's War + demo version:
Standard black vinyl (includes pull-out poster)
Limited edition sapphire slush puppy vinyl (includes pull-out poster)
CD Standard black vinyl (includes pull-out poster)
Cassette Standard black vinyl (includes pull-out poster)
Limited edition copies at Rough Trade are also available.
Watch the video for lead single Julia’s War:
While in the studio of modern D.I.Y. hero Amos Pitsch (Tenement), Anderson found himself in an unusual position. This time, and for the first time, the quartet that had toured for the last 10 months as Hotline TNT had come with Anderson, somewhat unexpectedly. He had intended to make one more album his way—holing up with a producer and building songs piece by piece, as he’d done for Cartwheel—before making Hotline TNT a full-band affair in the future. But there was no avoiding it. Guitarist Lucky Hunter, bassist Haylen Trammel, and drummer Mike Ralston wanted in. Anderson relented.
In making Raspberry Moon, Anderson confronted a burgeoning if occasionally difficult belief: Hotline TNT was now a band, and this was the band. The benefits are self-evident— it is the most texturally rich and energetically nuanced album Hotline TNT has ever made—from start to middle to finish. Some of these 11 songs deal with the sting of regret, of being left or leaving, as Hotline TNT always has. But this is a record animated by a sense of newness and possibility, of pushing back against the global sense that curtains are closing to make room in your own life for new friends. It is perfect music for looking forward, no matter how fucked the past may feel.
Musical auteurs have been a feature of rock ’n’ roll since its very early days—folks who could imagine a sound and the path to it, largely alone. Something akin to Moore’s Law has made it easier to become exactly that during the subsequent decades, since studios with solid gear are now as accessible as a bedroom. It is increasingly convenient to be solo. The real work, though, is to abandon the ego and singular devotion to your absolute vision and make something better with the people you trust. Hotline TNT has done exactly that on Raspberry Moon, an album where Will Anderson gives himself space to fall in love with the world around him and sing as much in songs so loaded with hooks you’ll need to choose which ones to hum at any given moment.
Hotline TNT will play a series of headline shows in early May and will then embark on a North American Tour supporting Hippo Campus with stops in Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, Austin, Chicago, and more. A full list of dates can be found below.
Raspberry Moon Tracklist
1. Was I Wrong?
2. Transition Lens
3. The Scene
4. Julia’s War
5. Letter to Heaven
6. Break Right
7. If Time Flies
8. Candle
9. Dance the Night Away
10. Lawnmower
11. Where U Been?
Thu. May 1 - Louisville, KY @ Mag Bar
Fri. May 2 - Urbana, IL @ Rose Bowl Tavern
Sat. May 3 - St Louis, MO @ Sinkhole
Sun. May 4 - Columbia, MO @ Rose Music Hall
Tue. May 6 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Vultures
Thu. May 8 - Boise, ID @ The Shredder
Fri. May 9 - Sat. May 10 - Portland, OR @ Roseland*
Mon. May 12 - Tue. May 13 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox*
Wed. May 14 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue*
Fri. May 16 - Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24*
Sat. May 17 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Sun. May 18 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren*
Tue. May 20 - San Antonio, TX @ Aztec*
Wed. May 21 - Austin, TX @ Moody Theater*
Thu. May 22 - Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory*
Sat. May 24 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Jones Assembly*
Sun. May 25 - Bentonville, AR @ The Momentary*
Tue. May 27 - Columbus, OH @ Kemba Live*
Thu. May 29 - Grand Rapids, MI @ GLC Live at 20 Monroe*
Fri. May 30 - Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed*
Sat. May 31 - Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing*
Sun. June 1 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club % (early & late shows)
Tue. June 3 - Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room
* w/ Hippo Campus
% w/ Slow Pulp
