Hand Habits "Blue Reminder" Smashing Pumpkins "Mayonaise Dream" filled with singalong hooks and

filled with singalong hooks and buzzing performances

the record's style—both lyrically and compositionally—saw the band returning to their roots

"Oppressed in all three/In addition to lack of unity

communal exorcism and personal excavation

isn't Where I'm Going

Hand Habits "Blue Reminder" Smashing Pumpkins "Mayonaise Dream" filled with singalong hooks andMeg Duffy of Hand Habits wrote new album Blue Reminder as a reaction to what one does when happiness actually comes knocking. After years of collaborating and touring with musicians like Kevin Morby and Perfume Genius, Duffy still draws on the solace of that community, but takes center stage, with their most assured, classic songwriting yet against a backstop of nuanced instrumentation and moving testimony. The record is a celebration of commitment: