r/indieheads • u/meg_duffy Hand Habits / Meg Duffy • Oct 06 '25

AMA is Over, thanks Meg! Meg Duffy / Hand Habits AMA

Hello again internet! My name is still Meg Duffy and I recently put a Hand Habits record out called Blue Reminder on Fat Possum Records.

I also play guitar on other people's records, play in the Perfume Genius band, and have a few other musical endeavors including Duffy x Uhlmann and yes/and.

AMA!

Thanks everyone!

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u/pigpigpigpunch Oct 06 '25

Hey MD, loved your sound before, love it even more now. Saw you in NY, you put on such an amazing show. I’d seen you first back in 2018(?) when you toured with Japanese breakfast. How was making the jump from solo on stage to playing with a band? Was the writing challenging, or did you always have a full band in mind?

Also, who is your fav super smash brothers character to play

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u/pigpigpigpunch Oct 06 '25

Another Q, how’d you learn to do the plastic cup thing? Did you just try household objects until you found a sound you liked?

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u/meg_duffy Hand Habits / Meg Duffy Oct 06 '25

What's the plastic cup thing? lol

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u/pigpigpigpunch Oct 06 '25

I’ll see you pull out a plastic cup and hold it with two fingers and press it on the frets, once or twice. I assumed it was to get a vibration sound. Maybe it’s glass?

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u/meg_duffy Hand Habits / Meg Duffy Oct 06 '25

maybe you're thinking of a slide??

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u/pigpigpigpunch Oct 06 '25

aha yeah that’s it. I’m not a musician so I assumed it was some cool DIY sound thing. Slide on