Hotline TNT, will release their new album Raspberry Moon, on June 20th via Third Man Records. Today, they have shared lead single, “Julia’s War.” During the recording sessions at Amos Pitsch’s (Tenement), Will 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.

Lead single “Julia’s War” is a hat tip to regional contemporary They Are Gutting A Body of Water’s sprawling imprint, Anderson says: “In a world of half-hearted hooks, and buried-in-the-mix vocals, we had to muster the courage to do what the rest of the shoegaze community could not… We looked out to the stadium and reassured the audience: Our voices, together, will be heard. You’ve never heard a TNT chorus this straightforward – when we stress-tested it during the writing process, the ‘try not to sing along challenge’ came back with a 100% fail rate.”

Of the song’s accompanying video directed by Johnny Frohman, Anderson says: “When it came time to cook up the music video, Johnny Frohman created a Full-Metal-Jacket-style shoegaze bootcamp… It’s not the Marine Corps, it’s Slow Corps. Edy Monica, Dan Licata, Peter Mills Weiss, and an ensemble cast of NYC comedy underworld alts rounded out the platoon and drafted us into a world where we could enlist in a strict regimen of pedalboard assembly and underwater vocal lessons.”

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.

Hotline TNT
Raspberry Moon
Tracklist
Third Man records

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?

Hotline TNT 2025 Tour Dates

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

Pre-Order Raspberry Moon by Hotline TNT HERE