Hayden Pedigo recently announced his new LP I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away, which will drop on June 6th via Mexican Summer (Iceage, Cate Le Bon, Jessica Pratt). Today the artist is sharing the album’s title track. Inspired by 1950s Chet Atkins/Merle Travis picking, the song Follows the album’s first single “Long Pond Lily,” The Texas-born and Oklahoma City-based fingerstyle guitarist also thinks it’s one of the best he’s ever written.

“The title is based on a 1978 episode of Little House on The Prairie that still crushes me to this day (look up the synopsis if you have never seen it. Actually, just go watch the episode if you can). It’s a lot different than anything I have ever written before. It has this almost Chet Atkins/Merle Travis bounce to it that I’ve never before on a song. It’s pulling from the classic 1950s chord progressions that I’m a sucker for. It’s like Merle Travis’s version of ‘I’ll See You in My Dreams’ flipped on its head. The opening chord clusters are kind of the Wizard of Oz moment where the screen turns to color and it kind of brings the sense of wonder and mystery I really love. It ends the album on the purest/sweetest note possible and feels like the absolute perfect way to end this record.”

Since the release of his 2023 record, The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored, Pedigo has been touring non-stop with the likes of Jenny Lewis, Devendra Banhart and Hiss Golden Messenger, and more. He then decamped on a 20,000-acre ranch at an artist residency in Wyoming to write his new album, which he’d later record in Ojai with Scott Hirsch. The resulting album, I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away, is the final installment of what Pedigo has dubbed ‘The Motor Trilogy’ – his three latest solo albums, tied together by their vehicular Jonathan Phillips artwork.

Hayden Pedigo
I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away
Mexican Summer

1. Long Pond Lily
2. All the Way Across
3. Smoked
4. Houndstooth
5. Hermes
6. Small Torch
7. I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away

Hayden Pedigo 2025 Tour dates

05/12/2025 – Boston, MA – Berklee Performance Center*
05/14/2025 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre*
05/17/2025 – Philadelphia, PA – Miller Theater*
05/18/2025 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre*
06/06/2025 – Austin, TX – End of an Ear
06/11/2025 – New York, NY – Nightclub 101
06/13/2025 – Los Angeles, CA – Permanent Records Roadhouse
08/26/2025 – London – Kings Place
08/27/2025 – London – Stranger Than Paradise
08/28/2025 – Manchester – St. Michael’s
08/29/2025 – Larmer Tree Gardens – End of The Road Festival
08/30/2025 – Cardiff – Clwb Ifor Bach
09/01/2025 – Dublin – The Grand Social
09/02/2025 – Belfast – The Deer’s Head
09/04/2025 – Glasgow – Mono
09/05/2025 – Edinburgh – St. Vincent’s Chapel
09/06/2025 – Newcastle – The Lubber Fiend
09/07/2025 – Leeds – The Attic
09/10/2025 – Aarhus – Alter Festival
09/12/2025 – Berlin – Gretchen
09/13/2025 – Bochum – Die Trompete
09/14/2025 – Leffinge – Leffingeleuren Festival
09/16/2025 – Laval – La Guinguette le 11-22
09/17/2025 – Lyon – Le Sonic
09/18/2025 – Milano – ARCI Bellezza
09/19/2025 – Reggio Emilia – Acid Tank
09/21/2025 – Marseille – Le Molotov
09/22/2025 – Barcelona – Sala Upload
09/24/2025 – Lisboa – ZDB
09/25/2025 – Vigo – Radar Estudios
09/26/2025 – San Sebastian – Lugaritz K.E.
09/27/2025 – Bordeaux – Base Sous-Marine de Bordeaux
09/28/2025 – Paris – La Boule Noire

* denotes dates supporting Ichiko Aoba

Pre-order I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away HERE