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Fun House + Blueprints

by Hand Habits

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Tonight I put on the song you used to pull me in “another saturday night, I’m all dressed up in Blue’ for you, for you I needed more than that I still do I needed more than loving you I watched you put a show deciding to make me bad (so bad) well does it heal your wounds? the mirror becomes broken glass at least you have the past I needed more than that I still do I know you needed more than that too more than loving you more than loving you (lovin lovin lovin lovin lovin)
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Aquamarine 04:14
I remember when they found you holding onto the gutter soaking wet and white knuckles lying through your teeth stupid man you are drunk again she’s just a child, you know wouldn’t understand and I didn’t know she played guitar until I turned 27 my distant cousin sent a box of memory certificate of authenticity they were aquamarine aquamarine why can’t you talk about it? I got used to being on the other side of truth now I never ask for details who the hell needs details? when everything is burning you light a fire on the grave suicide lost a life well then who am i? who am i? in the corners of your mind in the drawers of your mind, who am i? who am i? why can’t you talk about it? I got used to being on the other side of truth maybe it’s too painful and that’s why you’re so unable a little bit of her inside everything I do everything I do you were so embarassed threw a temper tantrum i was only trying to help took away the keys she threw me out on the street a payphone call two bloody knees why can’t you talk about it? I got used to being on the other side of truth on the other side of you who am i? who am I? who am I?
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I played your song just to be closer to you I don’t need anything I don’t need anything from you i told a lie just to hear you laugh i know much better now i know much better now than to ask i don’t need anything i don’t need anything i don’t need anything from you (spoken) I remember it all so clearly. sheets of light, pouring in, covering you entirely. waves and waves of music crashing all around me. a tiny tidepool gathering in your abdomen, for me to drink. this is a place i’ve arrived to, over and over again. a time capsule; each time wearing a different face, but somehow the same. something happened to me standing outside the gates, waiting for the light to change. waiting for the lights to change. i don’t need anything i don’t need anything i don’t need anything from you i don’t need anything i don’t need anything i don’t need anything from you
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there is no difference between the two between losing and finding you oh oh oh i could never hear her, no matter how loud screaming- i’ll always be the anchor you drag around oh oh oh well it’s too late now too many times we drowned cut it out cut it out cut it out there is no difference between you and me there is only your reflection, it’s me you couldn’t see oh oh oh don’t do that to me oh oh oh can we wipe it clean?
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Graves 03:12
so is that how you see it? tying knots on a string as if memory eased your pain or is it easier not to say it? don’t go digging up graves and is that all you’ve got? just a hole in a song and you fill it with what went wrong how can you say that life will last that long? don’t go digging up graves why can’t you just let it lay? and is that how it ends? throwing stones to the wind it’s a spark of your deadliest sin how can you separate the blood from within? don’t go digging again
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False Start 04:05
i saw you at the top of the hill you were looking down you were standing still finger in your pocket, 5 dollar bills considering your options, i don’t think she’ll tell another broken heart another space to fill you missed the best part saxophones and a false start you were at home and i was falling apart hungry, i was giving it all away now what was i doing so low? after the show, i watched you go was it a good reason, i’ll never know but i can’t seem to let it all go you missed the best part saxophones and a false start you were at home and i was falling apart hungry, i was giving it all away watch me, i was giving it all away hungry, i’m still giving it away watch me, i’m still giving it all away you missed the best part
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Clean Air 03:08
wander out above the clouds she wanted clean air i only wanted to be clear with her i can no longer stand at the gates of your love i can no longer ask this of you can’t deny your point of view two trees one bearing fruit, one shedding leaves and we get so caught up in the metaphor the plot is lost don’t think i forgot about all the lines you draw, then beg me to cross (that you beg me to cross) and i can’t keep holding on i can no longer stand at the gates of your love i can no longer ask this of you still you stand by my side open hand and open mind i can no longer take what i used to can’t deny your point of view i wouldn’t take that from you i couldn’t take that from you no no no no i wouldn’t take that from you
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she spends the night with you do what she asks of you “only if you’re ready” she says to me “don’t be messy, clean it up” well could it be a timing thing? or can you see it taking shape? clean it up she spends the night alone you find your own way home you’re so untethered with the landmarks burned in your eyes concrete and feathers, go wait outside well is such a tiny thing? or is it just a crying shame? clean it up clean it up clean it up clean it up you spend the night with her go on and tell her “lay down your pain here” she seems to say but i’m not ready
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The Answer 02:03
drink the mist my body, a question that hangs on her lips i know the answer the answer- it’s always mine i know the answer the answer- here’s what i hope to find it’s always mine but oh, how many times must i rewind the tape? only the watch you fall from grace i know the answer feel the crush my body, a question that hangs on her tongue “i keep it hidden deep within you” something that can’t be touched i never needed confirmation i put my faith in time it’s always mine
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Gold/Rust 03:57
everything covered in rust you were too afraid to touch i followed you down to the yard head stuck between the bars well it shouldn’t be this hard now everything’s covered in gold all the power that you hold and twenty years later you found out she was the one who knew? there is nothing left for you two earrings are not proof everything’s covered in gold
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Control 03:40
taking off all your clothes you turn to me and say “don’t let it get out of control you’re the only one who’s ever known” waiting on the light to change darker in your pain you’re the only one who wants to fight i turn around, turn off the light what you need is what you have she reminds me that i still need time that it’s all gotta change that it’s all behind me now in between the words you choose i saw the real you maybe all you really need is a friend someone to call you on your shit what you need is what you have she reminds me that i still need time that it’s all gotta change hanging out in someone else’s dream take away what’s not not yours, you find a little peace put it all behind you now i can change i can change i can change but it’s all behind me now i can change i can change i can change i can change i can change i can change i can change i can change i can change i can change i can change i can change
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once before the world gets bigger i need more to find your eyes opening the door take me back to the moment where i saw the light no longer blinded, never thought i’d find well i know time is something you need i cannot recreate that every time i try to explain i fail to relate but in your gaze i remain so amazed never thought i’d see the day where i stand beside her no reminder, the past cannot be changed once before the world gets bigger well i know time is something you need i cannot recreate that every time i try to explain i fail to relate but in your gaze i remain so amazed once before the world gets bigger i need more
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Hand Habits, the project of Los Angeles-based musician Meg Duffy (they/them), is back with their new album Fun House - the most ambitious Hand Habits album to date. Produced by Sasami Ashworth (SASAMI) and engineered by Kyle Thomas (King Tuff), the record was not intended as a reaction to the pandemic, but it was very much the result of taking a difficult, if much-needed, moment of pause. Emboldened by going into therapy and coaxed by Ashworth to push the songs into unexpected new shapes, the resulting music is more acutely personal and stylistically adventurous than anything you’ve heard from Hand Habits before. The push/pull of styles, paired with songs that move deftly between the present and past, give the record a wildly diverse, hall of mirrors quality that befits its name. Where previous Hand Habits records could be fairly insular affairs, Fun House feels ebullient, lush, a fully-realized conversation.

Fun House + Blueprints includes a collection of live recordings and demos by Hand Habits, featuring seven songs from 2021's Fun House to celebrate the one year anniversary of the album. The first four tracks were recorded with ensemble at Altamira Sound in Alhambra, CA in Summer 2022.

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released November 29, 2022

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