Hand Habits shares new song “Private Life”

On June 16 Meg Duffy will share the new Hand Habits album Sugar The Bruise. They have already dropped lead single "Something Wrong" and today brings the arrival of another track from the record. "Private Life" is a slow-burning examination of a relationship filled with shame and secrecy. Check it out below.

Sugar The Bruise was made in collaboration with Luke Temple (Here We Go Magic, Art Feynman) and Philip Weinrobe (Adrienne Lenker, Cass McCombs).

Speaking about the new album in a statement, Duffy said they were inspired by a songwriting class they taught in summer 2021. “For Sugar the Bruise, I had no plan other than to let my mind go blank, and lean into the playful side of things,” they explain. “To laugh a little, to lighten up, to shift the focus off of my own experience a bit.”

In addition to a west coast North America summer tour, that includes shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco as well as dates opening for Tegan & Sara, Hand Habits will also perform in the U.K. in October. See below for details.

May 3 - Solvang, CA - Solvang Festival Theater *
May 19-21 - Big Sur, CA - Hipnic
June 15 - Healdsburg, CA - Little Saint ^
June 17 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios ^
June 18 - Vancouver, BC - The Cobalt ^
June 20 - Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern ^
June 22 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel ^
June 24 - Los Angeles, CA - Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
September 30 - Montreal, QC - Théâtre Rialto (Pop Montreal)

October 15 - Bristol, UK - The Louisiana
October 16 - London, UK - Omeara
October 17 - Manchester, UK - Gullivers
October 18 - Leeds, UK - Mill Hill Chapel
October 19 - Glasgow, UK - Hug & Pint

* - with Tegan & Sara
^ - with Gregory Uhlmann