Meg Duffy has spent the past few years playing backup with the likes of Kevin Morby, Weyes Blood, and Mega Bog, but last year recorded her debut album as Hand Habits in upstate New York before finishing it up in her now-home of Los Angeles.
Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void) catalogues her efforts to hang on to bits of herself during the move, a simultaneous struggle to forget about parts of her past that aren’t healthy to her process while trying to stay real and present in a town famous for its facades of denial.
“She’s got a delicate, laid back style which makes this a great Sunday Morning type record, but one where you may get pulled from the paper by a particularly gorgeous bit of harmony or guitar flourish.” – Brooklynvegan.com