Meg Duffy, who puts out music as Hand Habits, is releasing their new album Sugar the Bruise on June 16 via Fat Possum. Today, they shared the new single "Private Life" that comes with an Otium-directed video. The album was co-produced by close friend Luke Temple (formerly Here We Go Magic, recently Art Feynman) alongside engineer/producer Jeremy Harris. Additional production, arranging, and mixing was done by collaborator Phillip Weinrobe. Duffy described this collection of songs as being "akin to a novella or short film."
"I had no plan other than to let my mind go blank, and lean into the playful side of things," Duffy said in a statement regarding the LP. "To laugh a little, to lighten up, to shift the focus off of my own experience a bit. What if making a song didn’t mean dredging up the abyss? Of course, at baseline I am pulled towards nourishing the unfolding of memory into something beautiful, something archetypal/universal, and sharing it with you. And like all good muses, it’s easy to project whatever narrative you are carrying onto them."
Watch the video for "Private Life" below, and pre-order Sugar the Bruise here.
