HOVVDY Announce New Album 'Big World' & Share Lead Single
HOVVDY
ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM BIG WORLD
OUT 8/14 ON ARTS & CRAFTS
WATCH VIDEO FOR LEAD SINGLE “TRY TRY TRY”
ANNOUNCE FALL NORTH AMERICA HEADLINE TOUR
SUMMER DATES WITH BLEACHERS AND WILCO
Hovvdy, the project of Will Taylor and Charlie Martin, announce Big World, their sixth full-length album, due August 14th via Arts & Crafts. Alongside the album announcement, the band has its propulsive lead single “Try Try Try” with a Michael Rees-directed video.
The songs of Big World find Hovvdy trading in overt emotional directness for subject matter that leans enigmatic, contemplating their place in the world through a mosaic of songs that sees the band at their most secure and self-aware.
Since 2024’s Hovvdy, the band’s most expansive album to date, which earned them the coveted Best New Album distinction from Pitchfork, both Martin and Taylor have become published songwriters in their new home of Nashville – a career development that heavily informed their approach to making Big World. “The last record felt like such a generous offering: a double-album, deeply personal, you can literally hear me crying on some songs,” says Martin. “With this one, we wanted to take on the challenge of making something more concise and to the point, and give the fans something that feels like a shorter but more exciting ride.”
Over a handful of recording sessions between Nashville and Asheville in fall 2025, Martin and Taylor adopted a recording approach that was new for them as a band: coming to the sessions only with instrumentals rather than fully-drafted demos, choosing to write and respond to the songs in real time. “When it comes to the music, there’s literally never questions between Charlie and me, only answers,” says Taylor. “We can always show up and not have to worry about the music, and that continues to amaze me.” They viewed this as a fun, new challenge for them and, with the backing of their longtime collaborator Ben Littlejohn who serves as producer on Big World, felt less pressured and more empowered to make a record that was more sonically immediate, but emotionally ambiguous. Each song holds up a mirror to the band, both looking back at where they’ve come from and forward towards where they might be heading, sometimes proud, sometimes defeated, but always humbled by the enormity of the world and their place in it.
Additionally, Hovvdy is announcing a fall tour in support of Big World that traverses the US and Canada in October and November. Before then, they will be supporting Bleachers and Wilco this summer. All dates below. Tickets are available via hovvdy.com.
WATCH THE "TRY TRY TRY" VIDEO
Tour Dates:
06/12 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion*
06/13 - Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at Highmark Mann*
06/16 - Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway*
06/17 - Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway*
08/17 - Nijmegen, Netherlands @ De Vereeniging^
08/18 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso^
08/20 - London, United Kingdom @ Eventim Apollo^
08/21 - Crickhowell, UK @ Green Man Festival
08/22 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall^
08/25 - Antwerp, Deurne @ OLT Rivierenhof^
08/26 - Antwerp, Deurne @ OLT Rivierenhof^
10/09 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
10/10 - Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
10/11 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
10/12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
10/14 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
10/15 - Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
10/16 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
10/18 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's
10/19 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
10/20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sid The Cat Auditorium
10/22 - San Diego, CA @ Quartyard
10/23 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
10/25 - Ft Worth, TX @ Tulips FTW
10/26 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
11/04 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
11/05 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
11/07 - Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse
11/09 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
11/11 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
11/12 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
11/13 - Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium
11/14 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
11/16 - Lakewood, OH @ Mahall's
11/18 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend
11/19 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade - Hell
11/20 - Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room
11/21 - Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room
* w/ Bleachers
^ w/ Wilco
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