Ring ring! Austin, Texas shoegaze band Blushing are answering YOUR questions from the 1-877-WASTOIDS answering machine. How do they keep it cool sharing a tour van with their spouses/bandmates? Where do their anime-influenced shirts come from? How often should one tip their cobbler? Blushing vocalists Christina Carmona and Michelle Soto tag in to answer these questions and more.

On May 3rd, Blushing releases Sugarcoat on Kanine Records. Riffing on ‘90s alt-pop, slowcore, psychedelic rock, and big, hooky grunge, it goes hard and taps into a staying power many of their modern shoegaze peers lack. Learn more on this episode of HOTLINE.