Hovvdy, the project of Will Taylor and Charlie Martin, announce Big World, the album, will drop on August 14th via Arts & Crafts. Ahead of the the LP’s, the duo have shared lead single “Try Try Try” with a Michael Rees-directed video.

Hovvdy will hit the road for a fall tour in support of the album across North America in October and November. Before then, they will be supporting Bleachers and Wilco this summer.

“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.”

Big World was recorded 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.

Hovvdy
Big World
Track List
Arts & Crafts

1. Life So Wide
2. Way Down
3. JJ
4. What I Had
5. Blast
6. Starry
7. Try Try Try
8. Junk
9. You Will Go Far
10. Give It Away
11. Untitled
12. Wannabe (Radio Queen)

Hovvdy 2026 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

pre-order Big World by Hovvdy HERE