Hand Habits "Blue Reminder" Smashing Pumpkins "Mayonaise Dream" With tremendous self-created pressure

With tremendous self-created pressure

isn't Where I'm Going

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

REO Speedwagon

filled with singalong hooks and buzzing performances

Hand Habits "Blue Reminder" Smashing Pumpkins "Mayonaise Dream" With tremendous self-created pressureMeg 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: