Good things come in threes: Hotline TNT's third album Raspberry Moon will be out June 20th via Third Man Records. The rousing first single "Julia's War" is now here as a first taste. It captures the New York band at its most hook-heavy and exuberant.

The Johnny Frohman-directed video (described by frontman Will Anderson as a "Full-Metal-Jacket-style shoegaze bootcamp"), can be watched here:

The title of the song is apparently a nod to fellow shoegazing peers They Are Gutting A Body of Water. Anderson said the following of the track:

“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.” 

Hotline TNT – Anderson, guitarist Lucky Hunter, bassist Haylen Trammel, and drummer Mike Ralston – recorded Raspberry Moon with Tenement's Amos Pitsch.

Raspberry Moon is out June 20. Preorder here. Full tracklist below: 

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 will hit the road, kickstarting their US in Louisville at the Mag Bar, closing things out in the Rec Room in Buffalo on June 3rd. See the full list of dates below:

05/01 Louisville, KY @ Mag Bar
05/02 Urbana, IL @ Rose Bowl Tavern
05/03 St Louis, MO @ Sinkhole
05/04 Columbia, MO @ Rose Music Hall
05/06 Colorado Springs, CO @ Vultures
05/08 Boise, ID @ The Shredder
05/09-05/10 Portland, OR @ Roseland*
05/12-05/13 Seattle, WA @ Showbox*
05/14 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue*
05/16 Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24*
05/17 Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl*
05/18 Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren*
05/20 San Antonio, TX @ Aztec*
05/21 Austin, TX @ Moody Theater*
05/22 Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory*
05/24 Oklahoma City, OK @ Jones Assembly*
05/25 Bentonville, AR @ The Momentary*
05/27 Columbus, OH @ Kemba Live*
05/29 Grand Rapids, MI @ GLC Live at 20 Monroe*
05/30 Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed*
05/31 Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing*
06/01 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club % (early & late shows)
06/03 Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room

*w/ Hippo Campus
% w/ Slow Pulp

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