Hovvdy – Cathedral
Labels:Double Double Whammy
Number of Tracks:1
Total Time:00:03:04
From the Album:Cathedral
Formats:AAA,Non-Commercial,NPR,Rock – Specialty,Specialty
Available Date & Time: Aug 07 2019 11:00:00 EDT
Impact Date: n/a
Heavy Lifter via Double Double Whammy out 10/18! "Cathedral" Impacting AAA, Non-Comm + Commercial Specialty now! Charlie Martin and Will Taylor met at a baseball game while on tour drumming for different bands. Back home in Austin, the two Texas natives discovered both held batches of compatible songs, intended for solo projects. They merged as Hovvdy instead. Penned separately, the duo’s first-ever songwriting efforts coalesce seamlessly on debut LP Taster. To this day, Charlie and Will create like satellites on the same orbit, combining bedroom recordings into a singular worn-in sound. Their downtempo rock found an audience in the Austin and New Orleans scenes, elevated by support from small indie Sports Day Records. Brooklyn label Double Double Whammy re-released Taster in 2017, followed by Cranberry in 2018. The sophomore work solidified the group’s sturdy guitar strums and rhythmic instincts, enveloped in nostalgic glow. Third LP Heavy Lifter finds new dimensions in the Hovvdy soundscape. For Heavy Lifter, the duo worked with producer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Littlejohn. Throughout fall 2018, the team built out the album in makeshift home studios around Texas. Both singers’ voices cut through more decisively than ever, carried by vivid storytelling and production eccentricities. Familiar fuzz maintains the warmth of past work, but Heavy Lifter is never muffled. Clear-cut characters and scenes emerge in the 13 tracks. Antsy love song “1999” wanders around a small town, while bright pop piece “Mr. Lee” retells a lonely day in reverent detail. Lo-fi Daniel Johnston moment “TellmeI’masinger” empathetically enters an artistic perspective, unwound lyrically as: “Tell me I’m a singer.” Memories inform present decision-making throughout the album. Two tracks dive into family legacies, “Pixie” admitting “outside my mind/ is where i’m gonna be/ not what i had hoped at 14.” “Sudbury” recounts childhood major league dreams: “front yard catch, you got a plan/ to be a baseball star/ texas ranger shortstop.” Breaking from the confines of guitar-based slowcore, pop and hip-hop influences expand Hovvdy’s established framework. Propulsive, straightforward hooks usher in autotuned tweaks, chugging beats and genre exploration. By pulling apart slightly, Charlie and Will step into new spaces on Heavy Lifter. Always in sync, it’s a balanced effort. "Not since Real Estate has a band captured such a keen sense of generalized, free-floating nostalgia" – NPR "The Austin indie-pop duo’s music conjures a steady, gentle longing" – PITCHFORK Hovvdy radio support from: KCMP, KCRW (MBE), KDHX, KDTR, KEXP, KNRK, Sirius XMU, WDET, WFMU, WNRN, WNYL, WRUW, WSOU, WWCD, WXPN, WXRT + more! Hovvdy On Tour 10/18/2019 Austin, TX @ Barracuda 10/19/2019 Dallas, TX @ Ruins 10/23/2019 New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa 10/25/2019 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle – Back Room 10/26/2019 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church 10/27/2019 Allston, MA @ Great Scott 10/29/2019 Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade NYC 10/30/2019 Washington, DC @ Songbyrd 10/31/2019 Richmond, VA @ The Camel 11/1/2019 Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor 11/2/2019 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl 11/3/2019 Memphis, TN @ The Hi Tone Cafe 11/14/2019 San Diego, CA @ SPACE 11/15/2019 Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge 11/16/2019 San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord 11/18/2019 Seattle, WA @ Barboza 11/19/2019 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Ballroom 11/21/2019 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios 11/23/2019 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court 11/24/2019 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
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