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Hovvdy

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Hovvdy — Life So Wide

'Life So Wide' opens Big World, Hovvdy's sixth studio album, released 14 August 2026 — exactly a week before this show — on Arts & Crafts, their first since the sprawling 2024 self-titled double LP. The Austin-born duo deliberately flipped their process: they arrived with instrumentals fully demo'd but lyrics unwritten, writing the words on the spot in the studio to

Hovvdy

Origin: Austin, Texas, US · formed 2014 · active

Members: Charlie Martin (vocals/drums), Will Taylor (vocals/guitar)

Genre: Indie pop / lo-fi / slowcore

Discography:

Taster (2016) — Double Double Whammy — debut LP

Cranberry (2018) — Double Double Whammy

Heavy Lifter (2019) — Grand Jury Music

True Love (2021) — Grand Jury Music

Hovvdy (2024) — Arts & Crafts — sprawling self-titled double LP

Big World (2026) — Arts & Crafts

Facts:

Martin and Taylor met while each drumming for different touring bands, discovered they had compatible batches of songs intended for solo projects, and combined them into Hovvdy.

Their lo-fi, intimate sound draws frequent comparisons to '90s slowcore acts like Duster and Yo La Tengo.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovvdy · https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hovvdy-mn0003598627 access different feelings. Recorded between Nashville and Asheville with longtime producer Ben Littlejohn; the pair had relocated to Nashville and were branching into writing songs for other artists. Martin: 'The last record... you can literally hear me crying on some songs. With this one, we wanted... something that feels like a shorter but more exciting ride.'

Sources: Stereogum · Bandcamp · Indie Is Not A Genre