Hotline TNT — the Brooklyn-based shoegaze project helmed by Will Anderson — have announced their new album, previewed today by new single "I Thought You'd Change." They've also mapped out tour dates for the rest of the year, including a lone Canadian stop in Vancouver.
Cartwheel arrives November 3 via Third Man Records — the band's debut release for Jack White's label. It follows 2021's Nineteen in Love.
While Anderson played and sang nearly every note on the record himself based on two very different sessions with musician Ian Teeple (Silicone Prairie) and engineer Aron Kobayashi Rich (Momma), it's the live lineup with August Beetschen, Mike Ralston and Olivia Garner that has made Hotline TNT develop a fervid audience at the intersection of several DIY scenes. Vancouver will see what they bring to the table at the Rickshaw on November 28.
"This song is about wanting a friendship to turn into something more, seeing it happen against all odds, wondering if it was the right thing to do, then wanting it to change back to a friendship or even a secret third style of attachment that I can't identify or hold onto," Anderson said of the melancholic, chugging new track. "This is the first time I've written a song that switches back and forth between two narrators, and I'm not sure which words are supposed to be mine and which are from my lover."
Watch the Eric Rahill-directed video for "I Thought You'd Change" below. Keep scrolling to find the full album tracklist, as well as Hotline TNT's tour itinerary.
Cartwheel:
1. Protocol
2. I Thought You'd Change
3. Beauty Filter
4. History Channel
5. I Know You
6. Son in Law
7. Out of Town
8. Maxine
9. That Was My Life
10. Spot Me
11. BMX
12. Stump
Pre-order Cartwheel.
Hotline TNT 2023 Tour Dates:
09/09 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival
09/17 Chicago, IL - Riot Fest
10/03 Portsmouth, NH - The Press Room *
10/04 Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom *
10/05 Garwood, NJ - Crossroads *
10/06 Norfolk, VA - Chincho's Backstage *
10/07 Asheville, NC - Different WRLD *^
10/08 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
10/09 Nashville, TN - Third Man Records *
10/10 Memphis, TN - Growlers *
10/11 St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill Buck Room *
10/13 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck *
10/14 Minneapolis, MN - Snow & Flurry *
10/15 Milwaukee, WI - X-Ray Arcade *
10/16 Detroit, MI - Third Man Records *
10/17 Cleveland, OH - No Class *
11/06 Glasgow, UK - Hug & Pint %
11/07 Manchester, UK - YES Basement %
11/08 Newcastle, UK - Bobiks
11/09 Sheffield, UK - Delicious Clam
11/10 London, UK - George Tavern
11/11 London, UK - Pitchfork Festival London
11/24 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre $
11/25 Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall $
11/27 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall $
11/28 Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre $
11/29 Seattle, WA - Neumos $
12/01 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club $
12/02 Los Angeles, CA - The Regent $
* with Sheer Mag
^ with Poison Ruïn
% with Snõõper
$ with Quicksand
Cartwheel arrives November 3 via Third Man Records — the band's debut release for Jack White's label. It follows 2021's Nineteen in Love.
While Anderson played and sang nearly every note on the record himself based on two very different sessions with musician Ian Teeple (Silicone Prairie) and engineer Aron Kobayashi Rich (Momma), it's the live lineup with August Beetschen, Mike Ralston and Olivia Garner that has made Hotline TNT develop a fervid audience at the intersection of several DIY scenes. Vancouver will see what they bring to the table at the Rickshaw on November 28.
"This song is about wanting a friendship to turn into something more, seeing it happen against all odds, wondering if it was the right thing to do, then wanting it to change back to a friendship or even a secret third style of attachment that I can't identify or hold onto," Anderson said of the melancholic, chugging new track. "This is the first time I've written a song that switches back and forth between two narrators, and I'm not sure which words are supposed to be mine and which are from my lover."
Watch the Eric Rahill-directed video for "I Thought You'd Change" below. Keep scrolling to find the full album tracklist, as well as Hotline TNT's tour itinerary.
Cartwheel:
1. Protocol
2. I Thought You'd Change
3. Beauty Filter
4. History Channel
5. I Know You
6. Son in Law
7. Out of Town
8. Maxine
9. That Was My Life
10. Spot Me
11. BMX
12. Stump
Pre-order Cartwheel.
Hotline TNT 2023 Tour Dates:
09/09 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival
09/17 Chicago, IL - Riot Fest
10/03 Portsmouth, NH - The Press Room *
10/04 Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom *
10/05 Garwood, NJ - Crossroads *
10/06 Norfolk, VA - Chincho's Backstage *
10/07 Asheville, NC - Different WRLD *^
10/08 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
10/09 Nashville, TN - Third Man Records *
10/10 Memphis, TN - Growlers *
10/11 St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill Buck Room *
10/13 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck *
10/14 Minneapolis, MN - Snow & Flurry *
10/15 Milwaukee, WI - X-Ray Arcade *
10/16 Detroit, MI - Third Man Records *
10/17 Cleveland, OH - No Class *
11/06 Glasgow, UK - Hug & Pint %
11/07 Manchester, UK - YES Basement %
11/08 Newcastle, UK - Bobiks
11/09 Sheffield, UK - Delicious Clam
11/10 London, UK - George Tavern
11/11 London, UK - Pitchfork Festival London
11/24 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre $
11/25 Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall $
11/27 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall $
11/28 Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre $
11/29 Seattle, WA - Neumos $
12/01 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club $
12/02 Los Angeles, CA - The Regent $
* with Sheer Mag
^ with Poison Ruïn
% with Snõõper
$ with Quicksand