Stream the debut album from Hand Habits now via Hype Machine, out Feb. 10 on Woodsist
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“Meg Duffy, aka Hand Habits, is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Upstate New York. She has been putting her time in on the road and in the studio over the past two years with pacific northwest band Mega Bog, and the Kevin Morby Band, making an impression on everyone she comes across with her natural charisma and uncharted talent as a multi-instrumentalist. But let Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void) be her open invitation to the world to step inside and take a much deeper look into who Duffy actually is. Tracked in an Upstate New York living room, then finished in her current home in Los Angeles – it is appropriate that this album was recorded by Meg herself – for Meg, who has an acute ear for detail, has touched every corner, has seen every vision ’til its end. Because of this, Wildly Idle feels incredibly intimate, like a secret between her and the listener. It hits soft, like warm water, and before you know it it is all around you – a bath, and Meg’s whisper has made its way inside you. Like many bedroom-debuts before it (The Microphones, Jessica Pratt, Little Wings, Grouper) let this be the first of many to come, for Meg has music in her touch – and this is only the beginning. But let us not look to the future now, but instead stand alongside her, our trust in her will, both humble before the void, with her first chorus as the mission statement; ‘hold you like a flower, hold you like an hour glass’.”- Kevin Morby
TOUR DATES:
02/10 Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right #
02/11 Philadelphia, PA – Everybody Hits #
02/12 Cambridge, MA – Lily Pad #
02/13 Portland, ME – Apohadian Theatre #
02/14 Winooski, VT – The Monkey House #
02/15 Montreal, QC – La Vitrola #
02/16 Albany, NY – House Show #
02/18 Washington DC – Songbyrd DC #
02/19 Asheville, NC – The Mothlight #
02/20 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar #
02/21 Chicago, IL – Schuba’s #
02/22 Columbus, OH – Rumba Cafe #
03/10– Reno, NV – Holland Project *
03/11 – Flagstaff, AZ – FireCreek *
03/12 – Phoenix, AZ – Trunk Space *
03/13 – Tucson – Club Congress *
03/16 – 03/19 – Austin, TX – SXSW
03/21 – Albuquerque, NM – Town Hall *
03/22 – Denver, CO – Hi Dive *
03/23 – Salt Lake City, UT – Diabolical Records *
03/25 – Missoula, MT – Free Cycles *
03/26 – Seattle, WA – Timbre Room *
03/27 – Portland, OR – High Water Mark *
03/28 – Eugene, OR – TBD *
03/29 – Arcata, CA – Richard’s Goat *
03/30 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel *
03/31 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place *
04/01 – Los Angeles, CA – Basic Flowers *
* = w/ Mega Bog
# = w/ John Andrews & The Yawns
Hand Habits
Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void)
(Woodsist)
Street Date: Feb. 10, 2017
Formats: CD / LP / Digital
Pre-order: Physical / Digital
Track List:
Flower Glass
Actress
Greater LA (scene)
In Between
All The While
Demand It
Cowboy (scene)
Sun Beholds Me
Book On How To Change
Time Hole (scene)
Nite Life
Bad Boy
New Bones