The Anatomy of the Hand Musculoskeletal Key Hand Anatomy Tuned In Guitar Lessons Holding Hyman Byrne Dorsum Anatomy. 140 gram Black Vinyl Printed inner sleeve Includes download card Track Listing: A1 Placeholder A2 Cant Calm Down A3 Pacify A4 Jessica A5 Yr Heart [Reprise] A6 Heat B1 Are You Serious? B2 Wildfire B3 Whats the Use B4 Guardrail Pwrline B5 What Lovers Do B6 Book On How to Change Pt. 2 Meg Duffy grew up in a small town in Upstate New York and they cut their teeth as a session guitarist and touring member of Kevin Morbys band. The Hand Habits project emerged after Meg moved to Los Angeles; it started as a private songwriting outlet but soon evolved into a fully fledged band with Meg at the helm. Hand Habits debut album, Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void), was released by Woodsist Records in 2017. The LP was entirely self produced and recorded in Megs home during spare moments when they werent touring. Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void) is a lush, homespun collection of folk songs that found Meg in an exploratory state as an artist moving out on their own for the first time. Two years later, Hand Habits has returned with their sophomore album, placeholder. To make this album, Meg chose to work in a studio and bring in collaborators, entrusting them with what had previously been a very personal creative process. Over the course of 12 tracks, Meg emerges with new confidence as both a bandleader and singer. This album is as tender and immediate as anything Megs ever written, but its also intensely focused and refined, the work of a meticulous musician ready to share their singular vision with the world. The name placeholder stems from Megs fascination with the undefinable. Their songs serve as openings carved out spaces waiting to be endowed with meaning. As a lyricist, Meg is drawn to the in between, and the songs on this new album primarily confront the ways in which certain experiences can serve as a stepping stone on the road to self discovery. A big aspect of my songwriting and the way I move through the world depends on my relationships with people. The songs on placeholder are about accountability and forgiveness, Meg says. These are all real stories. I dont fictionalize much. Meg describes these songs as their most direct to date, crafted with clear intention, and unlike Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void), placeholder doesnt meander. Its less of a submerged landscape and more a concise series of thoughts, Meg explains. Instrumentally, placeholder can be situated alongside some of Megs folk adjacent contemporaries like Angel Olsen or Big Thief, and the guitar work on this album proves that Meg continues to be one of the finest young musicians working today. placeholder is another entry in the Hand Habits songbook, but its also a valuable testament of our time. While placeholder inspires a sense of ease, simple questions rarely beget easy answers and Meg honors the indescribable joy and profound sorrow that comes with figuring things out, one step at a time.