Hovvdy Share New Song “Make Ya Proud”
Hovvdy Releases April 26 via Arts & Crafts
March 27, 2024
Photo by Taylor Clark
Austin, TX duo Hovvdy (Charlie Martin and Will Taylor) release a new album, Hovvdy, on April 26 via Arts & Crafts. Now they've shared another new song from it, “Make Ya Proud.” It is the last pre-release single from the album. Listen below.
Martin said of the new song in a press release: “This is one of the few songs on the record that I wrote about my grandfather Pete, my father's father. She passed away last summer and was in many ways the backbone of this side of my family. I wrote “Make Ya Proud” during that time in Mississippi, in between trips up the coast to visit him in the hospital. It's really hard to describe. but the songs are a celebration of him and how he inspired me.”
Of the new album, Martin says: “It's a full circle, because a lot of my songs, in adulthood, are about looking back and seeing your parents as just people struggling through life – and trying to have more empathy or understanding. And now Will is diving on the other side as a new parent, struggling with all of that.”
“On this album, we really tried to step back and look at, 'How can we convey our songwriting in a new way?' says Taylor. “It challenged the songs we brought and it challenged me to be more vulnerable.”
“We're trying to expand and create a tapestry of everything we can do,” adds Martin.
The band co-produced the album with Andrew Sarlo (Bon Iver, Big Thief) and Bennett Littlejohn (bassist, multi-instrumentalist).
The album features three previously released singles: “Jean”, “Bubba” and “Portrait”. When the album was announced, they shared another new song from it, “Forever,” via a music video. “Forever” was one of the songs of the week. They then shared “Meant” from the album.
In 2022 Hovvdy released a new EP, billboard for my feelings, through the Grand Jury. The band's latest album, True lovewas one of our top 100 albums of 2021 and was also produced by Sarlo.
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