Left: Miya Folick; Top: Will Sheff; Bottom right: Beth Orton; Middle: Courtney Marie Andrews Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Hand Habits
Lil Nas X, Japanese Breakfast, Vince Staples (pictured above) and more share their favorite music of 2021 with NPR. Photo Illustration by Renee Klahr/NPR; Getty Images; Album art courtesy of Polydor & Wolf Tone Records, Saddle Creek Records, Kemosabe & RCA Records hide caption
Top left, clockwise: George Harrison, Coco, Big Thief, Hand Habits, Circuit Des Yeux. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Margo Price, Anna Fox Rochinski, Miss Grit, Anna B Savage, Daníel Bjarnason, Hand Habits Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Grey Area from the rapper Little Simz is on our short list for the best albums out on March 1. Jake Bridgland/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hand Habits' placeholder comes out March 1 via Saddle Creek. Jacob Boll/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Meg Duffy, who was the longtime lead guitarist for Kevin Morby, switched their focus to Hand Habits in 2017. Aubrey Trinnamen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption