Meg Duffy is willing to go where the music takes them. After two soul-barring albums under the moniker Hand Habits, Duffy has released their boldest and most uplifting record to date with Fun House, out now on Saddle Creek Records.
To record and arrange Fun House, Duffy worked with musician Sasami Ashworth (SASAMI) and Kyle Thomas of King Tuff, who engineered the album. With this partnership, the album finds them exploring new musical worlds different from their previous work, sounding downright anthemic at moments while maintaining their air tight and timeless songcraft.
Lyrically, Fun House finds Duffy moving forward from past trauma to find a new sense of personal transcendence. With guest appearances by their Perfume Genius bandmate Michael Hadreas, the result is their most fully-realized and varied record to date.
Duffy joined me for ‘In Conversation’ to discuss recording Fun House, balancing writing Hand Habits material while being a highly in-demand guitarist in the world of indie rock having worked with Perfume Genius, Angel Olsen, and Sylvan Esso to name a few, the magic of Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” and so much more.
Previous Episodes of In Conversation:
- Deerhoof
- Bush Tetras
- Full of Hell
- Tropical Fuck Storm
- Caleb Landry Jones
- Chubby & the Gang
- Museum of Love
- Anika
- Cassandra Jenkins
- Steve Turner of Mudhoney
- Alexis Marshall of Daughters
- Current Joys
- Tom Scharpling
- Sarah Lund of Unwound
- Genghis Tron
- Ben Swank of Third Man Records
- The Men
- Rick Maguire of Pile
- Damien Jurado
- Slim Moon of Kill Rock Stars
- Caveh Zahedi