Hand Habits releases new single “The Bust of Nefertiti”

Hand Habits, the moniker of Los Angeles-based Meg Duffy (they/them), shares “The Bust of Nefertiti,” the final single from their upcoming new record, Sugar The Bruise, out this Friday June 16th on Fat Possum. 

Working with Luke Temple (Here We Go Magic, Art Feynman) and Philip Weinrobe (Adrienne Lenker, Cass McCombs), Duffy surrendered to the present moment, trusting that whatever sounds and words emerged were meant to emerge. With additional production, engineering and arranging from Jeremy Harris, Duffy created something which, in their words, “turned out nothing like I’d imagined it would.”

The result of this collective experiment, born equally from play and intention, is a radical gift for listeners: proof that our most vital processes, creation and destruction, are exquisitely entangled. The unanswerable and untenable suffering of experience is the fact of perpetual loss. And, yet, there is precious, vivid magic created by this condition. In Sugar the Bruise, grief folds in on itself and becomes laughter; language fades away into sonic expanses of the inexpressible; melodies melt into cacophonies; love songs surrender to loss; historic violence is supplanted by the disks of sunlight. 

“So I hope you enjoy this collection of songs. I like to think of them akin to a novella or short film. My wish is that these songs provide a mirror to those who can’t find their own ways to explain the knots of twisted emotions we all deal with. 

I offer you a little sugar to the bruise of being born. A little sugar to the bruise of existence. “

love,  
md

In addition to the already announced headlining summer tour dates Hand Habits has also announced tour dates supporting The National (See Dates Below)

Tour Dates:

6/15 – Healdsburg, CA – Little Saint^

6/17 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios^

6/18 – Vancouver, BC – The Cobalt^

6/20 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern^

6/22 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel^

6/24 – Los Angeles, CA – Barnsdall Gallery Theatre^

9/24 – Durham, NC – The Pinhook

9/26 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd

9/27 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s

9/28 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom

9/29 – Troy, NY – No Fun

9/30 – Montreal – POP Montreal

10/15 – Bristol, UK – The Louisiana

10/16 – London, UK – Omeara

10/17 – Manchester, UK – Gullivers

10/18 – Leeds, UK – Mill Hill Chapel

10/19 – Glasgow, UK – Hug & Pint

11/10 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium*

11/11 – San Diego, CA – Open Air Theater*

11/17 – Austin, TX – Moody Center*

11/18 – Houston, TX – White Oak Lawn*

11/19 – Dallas, TX – Toyota Music Factory*

^ w/ Gregory Uhlmann

* w/ the National