The past year has been a defining chapter in the life of Will Anderson, lead singer with rising indie rock band Hotline TNT. In June, the New York group released a critically lauded third album, Raspberry Moon – a blast of retro indie goodness that joined the dots between My Bloody Valentine and Nirvana. Eight weeks later, Anderson announced he was taking Hotline TNT off Spotify – a step many in the higher echelons of the music industry will assure you is full-on career self-sabotage. With the dust having settled, Anderson has no regrets.
“Spotify is a bit worse than all the other services, in my opinion. Which is why we took our music off there,” says the quietly-spoken singer. He feels streaming is generally a negative for music, but acknowledges that it is part of the new reality we all live in. To paraphrase Cher, you can’t turn back time. You can, however, boycott corporations that you believe have a malignant influence on your art.
“I still stream music myself. I’m walking around town, I have music in my AirPods, and it’s great. It’s very convenient. It is what it is: that’s the world we’re in now.
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