This is Tour Diary, where artists give us a behind-the-scenes look at life on the road. For the past several months, Hotline TNT have been bringing their ultra-distorted shoegaze to crowded venues with friends like Wednesday, They Hate Change, Matrix, and more. Having just capped off the run with an appearance at NYC’s Governors Ball this past weekend, the band gave us an intimate look at their time away from home.
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This is an exercise we do on nights that we are lucky enough to all sleep in one hotel room together. I don’t know what it’s called, but it was passed down from our great-grandparents’ generation and is a form of meditation and silent reflection. / Haylen Trammel
Some people just weren’t cut out for the open road. Life in the city is magical in its own way, surrounded by a thousand rusted memories, but entering the Great Wide Open is an experience that separates the hatchlings from the alligators. / Haylen Trammel
There were a lot of glasses in this room… and only some of them were being worn by the band. / Newman Evans
This picture was taken in a very remote section of Montana — but then again isn’t it all remote? Haylen is pointing at a gentrified cup of coffee across the street, which would soon make its way into most of our bellies, keeping us warm as we marched on to the western half of the country. / Haylen Trammel
Mike posing with a couple of barnyard animals outside Boise, where we performed in front of a large crowd a the Treefort Music Festival. This was one of the highlights of the tour, but unfortunately marked the beginning of a monthlong illness for one of us, which dragged the morale down despite the onstage success we enjoyed in the spring. / Haylen Trammel
Took our shirts off when we saw the babbling brook — later converted into a raging river. / Haylen Trammel
Trying to fix our broken necks by bending other necks. / Newman Evans
