Donovan Woods has shared his new single ‘I Won’t Mention It Again‘ out everywhere now, along with announcing his new EP – Big Hurt Boy – that will be released on 18th March.
Singer-songwriter Donovan Woods has released his new single, “I Won’t Mention It Again” to accompany the announcement of his new Big Hurt Boy EP, out on March 18th. Woods will head out on tour across Canada in support, with U.S. dates to be announced in the coming weeks. Pre-save Big Hurt Boy here.
Woods was in on the joke when he named Big Hurt Boy. Riffing on a lyric from a Martin Simpson song (“Never Any Good”), the six-song collection explores how our failures — and our fixations on them — not only shape but enlighten us. “I write about them again and again, just hoping people will still be interested. So the title is poking fun of myself, that I’m theoretically this big sad guy who keeps getting dumped and writing fucking songs about it,” he notes. Or you could think of it this way: Woods’ deep curiosity about the human condition is why we so clearly hear our own stories in his. The details differ, the characters change, but at their core, Donovan’s songs are for and about everyone.
With this record, Woods looked to capture more of an ‘undone’ quality, wanting to “get back to the feeling that my early recordings had.” While Big Hurt Boy was recorded largely live, imbibing that live electricity of a roomful of musicians, the project brims with some of the luminous production touches Woods has been adding to this repertoire lately, such as on “I Won’t Mention It Again,” featuring just Woods on banjo and vocals, before fading into a spectral backdrop of electronic textures and layers of lush harmonies.
Big Hurt Boy track list:
01. I Won’t Mention It Again
02. Leave When You Go [feat. Ralph]
03. I Hope You Change Your Mind
04. Cheyenne
05. A Picture Of Us Smiling At A Party 5 Years Ago
06. No Time Soon
