Artist:
Hand Habits
Genre:
Pop/Rock
Alternative/Indie Rock
Total Time:
46:17
Record Label:
Fat Possum
Purchase Album (click links):
CD, MP3, Vinyl,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
August 22, 2025
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Hand Habits
Genre:
Pop/Rock
Alternative/Indie Rock
Total Time:
46:17
Record Label:
Fat Possum
Purchase Album (click links):
CD, MP3, Vinyl,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
August 22, 2025
"The Entertainment Factor is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission."
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
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Product Description: The twelve songs on Blue Reminder walk a kind of emotional tightrope between hope and a kind of quiet anxiety, the record itself batting around the question of what one does when happiness actually comes knocking. At the core of these songs the genuine joy of love and self-actualization are always balanced against the potential fear of losing those things once you’ve found them.
This collection of songs largely eschew the more insular nature of earlier Hand Habits records, instead veering into the guitar-forward vibe of 90’s indie rock, with deftly assured songs that could exist in the same sonic universe with Aimee Mann or Neko Case, with the sort of left of center shifts in tone and lyrical observations that would not be out of place on a Cate Le Bon tune. Throughout the songs, guitars fuzz, drums move to the forefront, and the occasional horn or wurlitzer pass through. Everything feels elevated.
“I think it's so corny to write love songs,” admits Duffy, who is somewhat loath to think of Blue Reminder as simply a love record. “I can’t deny that a lot of these are ostensibly love songs, but they are also love songs through my very specific kind of lens. It is about how falling in love does feel both terrifying and exciting, but this record is about commitment in a lot of ways. Committing to a person, to an idea, to being a more honest version of yourself.
While Duffy doesn’t necessarily want the entire narrative around Blue Reminder to circle around romantic love, or to perhaps suggest that it’s only romantic love that allows us to be actualized or fulfilled, it does feel important to celebrate the joy of such things at a time when queer and trans people are largely being vilified. In a moment where there is so much fear and uncertainty, loudly articulating happiness and giving voice to healthy relationships feels like a profound pushback against all the darkness.
This collection of songs largely eschew the more insular nature of earlier Hand Habits records, instead veering into the guitar-forward vibe of 90’s indie rock, with deftly assured songs that could exist in the same sonic universe with Aimee Mann or Neko Case, with the sort of left of center shifts in tone and lyrical observations that would not be out of place on a Cate Le Bon tune. Throughout the songs, guitars fuzz, drums move to the forefront, and the occasional horn or wurlitzer pass through. Everything feels elevated.
“I think it's so corny to write love songs,” admits Duffy, who is somewhat loath to think of Blue Reminder as simply a love record. “I can’t deny that a lot of these are ostensibly love songs, but they are also love songs through my very specific kind of lens. It is about how falling in love does feel both terrifying and exciting, but this record is about commitment in a lot of ways. Committing to a person, to an idea, to being a more honest version of yourself.
While Duffy doesn’t necessarily want the entire narrative around Blue Reminder to circle around romantic love, or to perhaps suggest that it’s only romantic love that allows us to be actualized or fulfilled, it does feel important to celebrate the joy of such things at a time when queer and trans people are largely being vilified. In a moment where there is so much fear and uncertainty, loudly articulating happiness and giving voice to healthy relationships feels like a profound pushback against all the darkness.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
More Today
(05:07)
2 . Wheel of Change (04:26)
3 . Nubble (04:09)
4 . Dead Rat (02:44)
5 . Jasmine Blossoms (03:41)
6 . Way It Goes (04:15)
7 . (Forgiveness) (02:20)
8 . Beauty 62 . (04:26)
9 . Bluebird of Happiness (03:18)
10 . Blue Reminder (03:45)
11 . Quiet Summer (05:30)
12 .Living Proof (02:42)
2 . Wheel of Change (04:26)
3 . Nubble (04:09)
4 . Dead Rat (02:44)
5 . Jasmine Blossoms (03:41)
6 . Way It Goes (04:15)
7 . (Forgiveness) (02:20)
8 . Beauty 62 . (04:26)
9 . Bluebird of Happiness (03:18)
10 . Blue Reminder (03:45)
11 . Quiet Summer (05:30)
12 .Living Proof (02:42)
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