Hovvdy is Austin duo Charlie Martin and Will Taylor, who, after meeting in 2014, set to organising their creative thoughts by any means necessary (ie. iPhone memos) to put out an EP and a split with Loafer. Graduating from these rough recordings, they borrowed and rented equipment and self-recorded their début album in various locales around Texas. Taster was born.
We got a, uh… taster of the record when the band unveiled ‘Problem’ last month, and now they have released a second single, ‘Meg’ for our listening pleasure. Both tracks seem submerged beneath a general melancholy, a soft insistent sadness which is neither keen nor desperate yet seeps into the very fabric of life, mellowing the highs and lows into something even and detached.
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Taster will be released on the 15th April via Merdurhaus and Sports Day Records and you can pre-order it now from the Hovvdy Bandcamp page. The pair will be on tour in the run up to release, so check below to see if they venture out near you.
Hovvdy Tour:
April 5th – Nashville, TN
April 6th – Athens, OH
April 7th – Oberlin, OH
April 8th – Philadelphia, PA
April 9th – New York, NY
April 10th – Brooklyn, NY
April 11th – Washington, DC
April 12th – Richmond, VA
April 13th – Athens, GA
April 14th – New Orleans, LA
April 15th – Austin, TX