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- Summary: the latest full-length release from Meg Duffy's music project Hand Habits features contributions from such artists as Anna Butterss, Josh Johnson, Blake Mills, and Gregory Uhlmann.
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- Record Label: Fat Possum
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Aug 25, 2025Gorgeously produced and expertly arranged, Hand Habits has issued a work that should be counted among the year’s most successful offerings.
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Aug 21, 2025Duffy’s songwriting is as concise and effective as ever, a perfect balance of lyrical and literal.
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MojoAug 21, 2025Altogether, a bold and beautiful record. [Sep 2025, p.78]
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Aug 21, 2025Duffy has sculpted an album that vibrates with courage, tenderness, and a sheer insistence to feel. Blue Reminder is not just another indie-folk sojourn; it’s a declaration of presence.
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Aug 25, 2025As a major development from Duffy's early, solitary bedroom recordings, it might be reasonable to expect a bit less of that meticulous complexity here, but they manage to retain that sensibility and arguably bring it to new levels by including the participation of instrumentalists like Blake Mills; Daniel Aged (Frank Ocean, FKA twigs); Tim Carr (Perfume Genius); and Gregory Uhlmann, Josh Johnson, and Anna Butterss from the improvisatory supergroup SML.
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Aug 21, 2025Though Duffy’s voice and sensibility guide the record, the fingerprints of their musical community are all over Blue Reminder, including (among others) Uhlmann on guitar, bass, and percussion; Perfume Genius’ Alan Wyffels on piano, Wurlitzer, and flute; producer Blake Mills on organ and guitar. Together, the band shapeshifts across a range of sounds.
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Aug 25, 2025Blue Reminder’s many charms will in the end leave you helpless indeed.