The default lyrical mode for dream folk musician Meg Duffy, who performs as Hand Habits, used to be understated terror and anxiety. Determined "to no longer shape shift when it came to the person I become in the face of love," Duffy says that Blue Reminder is centered on affairs of the heart and "committing to a person, to an idea, to being a more honest version of yourself." Consequently, there's hope or at least a new assurance sprouting throughout the album.
In the opener, "More Today," they anxiously ask, "Do you like who I am when I'm alone with you?" before steadying, "I know every word you say/ Is tearing me apart/ But not in a bad way/ Not in a bad way." Not surprisingly, some of the old melancholy remains. Misgivings mix with the newfound pledge to be honest In the acoustic "Dead Rat," where the smell of a moldering rodent triggers fragility. "I want to wake you up / And tell you how I love you/ How I need you / How I know that it's because/ Your love/ I feel sorted out," sings Duffy. But those disconcerting mists part in "Way It Goes," as a flute enters before piano chords pace the chorus. That melds into instrumental "(Forgiveness)," where saxophonist Josh Johnson (Meshell Ndegeocello, SML, Harry Styles) meanders. Duffy plays electric and slide guitars, synths and upright piano on Blue Reminder and bassist Daniel Aged (John Legend, FKA Twigs), drummer Tim Carr (Perfume Genius), and Johnson's SML bandmates guitarist/percussionist Gregory Uhlmann bassist Anna Butterss are among the additional guest musicians.
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