Cartwheel
Studio album by
Hotline TNT
ReleasedNovember 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)
Genre
Length33:01
LabelThird Man
ProducerWill Anderson
Hotline TNT chronology
Nineteen in Love
(2021)		 Cartwheel
(2023)

Cartwheel is the second album by American shoegaze project Hotline TNT, fronted by Will Anderson. It was released on November 3, 2023, through Third Man Records, and received acclaim from critics.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7[1]
Metacritic80/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Exclaim!8/10[4]
The Line of Best Fit9/10[5]
Mojo[6]
Paste8.8/10[7]
Pitchfork8.4/10[8]

Editors at AnyDecentMusic? scored this release a 7.7 out of 10, based on six reviews.[1] Cartwheel received a score of 80 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on eight critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.[2] Pitchfork named it "Best New Music", with the site's reviewer Ian Cohen stating that while it "occasionally relents in tempo and density, it's extremely loud at all volumes, a force multiplier for the saddest secrets of its source material", additionally describing it as "towering shoegaze and supersized power-pop anthems".[8] Mojo felt that "though Anderson buries his voice and words in the maelstrom, his declared (if not immediately apparent) theme of a constantly thwarted search for 'true love' seems right at home in shoegazing's characteristic marriage of bliss and anxiety".[6]

Craig Howieson of The Line of Best Fit summarized the album as "12 songs that are soft around the edges and wash over the listener in shades of sunset orange and pink, guitars morph and collapse in on themselves like the contents on a lava lamp".[5] Paste's Andy Steiner wrote that it "takes all the texture of Nineteen's DIY-budget distortion and softens it without losing any of that growl or edge", calling it "a remarkable act of balance" as well as "not just a triumph for Anderson and Hotline TNT, but for shoegaze itself".[7] Ian Gormely of Exclaim! stated that the tracks "carry many shoegaze and dream pop hallmarks—swirling soundscapes, bendy-guitars—which lends a vibe-dependent aesthetic that keeps the record in line with many of its contemporaries".[4]

Concluding a review for AllMusic, Matt Collar described the album as, "Cartwheel's sampler pack of destroyed guitar tones, powerful songwriting, and wafts of nostalgia for multiple eras of slowcore and shoegaze all contribute to its high replay value and overall captivating sound. The album reshuffles a deck of familiar reference points, but it still deals a hand that's engaging and holds a bothered beauty of its own."[3]

Track listing

Cartwheel track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Protocol"4:12
2."I Thought You'd Change"2:51
3."Beauty Filter"2:07
4."History Channel"2:43
5."I Know You"2:43
6."Son in Law"2:40
7."Out of Town"2:15
8."Maxine"1:51
9."That Was My Life"2:11
10."Spot Me 100"3:06
11."BMX"3:41
12."Stump"2:42
Total length:33:01

References

  1. 1 2 "Cartwheel by Hotline TNT reviews | AnyDecentMusic". AnyDecentMusic?. n.d. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Cartwheel by Hotline TNT Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Collar, Matt (November 3, 2023). "Hotline TNT - Cartwheel Albums Review, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Gormely, Ian (November 2, 2023). "Hotline TNT Defy Space and Time on Cartwheel". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Howieson, Craig (October 31, 2023). "Cartwheel is a gorgeous, warming embrace of defiance from Hotline TNT". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Hotline TNT – Cartwheel". Mojo. December 2023. p. 93.
  7. 1 2 Steiner, Andy (November 1, 2023). "Album of the Week | Hotline TNT: Cartwheel". Paste. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Cohen, Ian (November 3, 2023). "Hotline TNT: Cartwheel Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
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