Stereogum's Album of the Week: Hand Habits' 'Placeholder'

"It’s fired-up, it sounds more pointed and intentional and it makes you sit up and take notice of the intensely layered compositions that [Meg] Duffy has made... Duffy co-produced it with Brad Cook at April Base, the center for Justin Vernon’s coterie of musicians... Duffy has found themselves in a line of modern musicians that blend folk traditionalism with indie-rock incisiveness. At points, placeholder recalls the piercing lucidity of Angel Olsen, the confidence of Sharon Van Etten, even the gentle world-building of Duffy’s fellow LA transplants Florist and Lomelda" - Stereogum on Hand Habits' debut.