Photo by Aubrey Trinnamen
Meg Baird is the woman behind Hand Habits. For those unfamiliar with her work, she is the lead guitarist for Kevin Morby’s band and she ca flat-out rip. Placeholder is the follow up to 2017’s Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void). This new tracks sounds a little more fleshed out, a little bigger and a whole lot better than her debut. Here’s some info from the PR team.
The name placeholder stems from Meg’s fascination with the undefinable. Their songs serve as openings — carved-out spaces waiting to be endowed with meaning. As a lyricist, Meg is drawn to the in-between, and the songs on this new album primarily confront the ways in which certain experiences can serve as a stepping stone on the road to self-discovery. “A big aspect of my songwriting and the way I move through the world depends on my relationships with people. The songs on placeholder are about accountability and forgiveness,” Meg says. “These are all real stories. I don’t fictionalize much.”
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Hand Habits is here
