Hand Habits – Blue Reminder LP garage The basement grime and dirty

The basement grime and dirty tape-head sound of their previous work are now making space for digital luster and shimmering production values

a big nasty punk song with pop splendor and self-awareness

the third album from Memphis trio Optic Sink

short-run tapes

and so is the racism

Hand Habits – Blue Reminder LP garage The basement grime and dirtyThe twelve songs on Blue Reminder walk a kind of emotional tightrope between hope and a kind of quiet anxiety, the record itself batting around the question of what one does when happiness actually comes knocking. At the core of these songs the genuine joy of love and self actualization are always balanced against the potential fear of losing those things once youve found them. This collection of songs largely eschew the more insular nature of earlier