Nashville-native and musician Charissa Hoffman has released new single “Love Is An Ocean.” It’s the latest single from Hoffman’s upcoming debut LP, Horizon, out on October 16th, 2026.

She says about the track:

This is a song about scarcity. Less so the financial or material scarcity we learn about in economics, and more the notion that there isn’t room for everyone at the table.

Hoffman builds her songwriting around the ukelele and was the first ukelele principal player to be accepted at Berklee School of Music.

Regarding writing “Love Is An Ocean”, where she’s accompanied by banjo played by Béla Fleck. Hoffman says:

Sometimes I need to remind myself that the world will keep turning, and I just might be ok. As someone who’s prone to expecting the worst, it really drove the point home to me to have one of my musical heroes play on this song about trusting the process and believing good things will happen.

The song’s chorus says: “Love is an ocean / There is a tide.”

Hoffman comments:

To me, this references shifting our focus to the journey rather than the outcomes. The tide will always carry you back home, to love, to trust. If you stop fighting the current, you might find it brings you just where you need to be.

Produced by John Mailander, Horizon features some guest spots from the aforementioned Fleck, Abigail Washburn, Chris Eldridge, and Nina de Vitry.

Hoffman will take the stage at Nashville’s Analog at Hutton Hotel for a hometown Horizon release show on November 9th with Kristin Andreassen and special guests. Tickets are available right here.