HOTLINE TNT

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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 iteasier to become exactly that during the subsequent decades, since studios with solid gear arenow 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 betterwith the people you trust. Hotline TNT has done exactly that on Raspberry Moon, an albumwhere Will Anderson gives himself space to fall in love with the world around him and sing asmuch in songs so loaded with hooks you’ll need to choose which ones to hum at any given moment. “My insecurity, baby,” he repeats during “Dance the Night Away,” a tender devotional lit by the guitars, drums, and bass of his bandmates and bejeweled by Pitsch’s perfect piano line. Perhaps it’s the sound of him waving goodbye to it, of calling time-in once and for all.