Tiny Habits – Keepers

The beauty of Tiny Habits has always been in their signature three-part vocal harmonies, but on Keepers, that chemistry feels stronger than ever. Evolving from the delicate, soft-pop foundation of their 2024 debut All For Something, the trio experiment with a fuller, more textured soundscape as they grapple with love, identity and the ways relationships change over time.

Written through a turbulent period of breakups, reconciliations and the pressure of navigating life as a chosen family, the album uses clever production to mirror all of that emotional messiness, but their vocal blend keeps it all grounded. The band leans into contrast, like on opener Love Ruins Everything, where bright, sunlit trumpets and layered vocal arrangements mask a surprisingly cynical message. A similar shift occurs on Belt Loop, which starts with a soft, creeping piano before dropping into a warm bass groove, capturing that sudden urge to sneak away from a crowded room with one’s person.

The record is at its best when it touches on specific and interpersonal moments. On Anything He Was, soft acoustic picking sits underneath the insecurity of trying to outshine a partner’s ex, with Healy’s backing vocals merging gracefully into the trio’s lush harmonies. Things get even more intimate on Pattern of a Person, where sweeping harp melodies and faint background audio of playing children look at how the patterns one grows up with follow one into relationships. This track bleeds straight into Survivor’s Guilt, using echo-laden vocals to make the song feel haunted by the process of moving on.

While the sudden pivot from that haunting atmosphere into the brisk, letter-like folk-pop of What Do We Do It For feels a little bit abrupt, the musical whiplash feels intentional, mirroring the sudden, jarring shock of a breakup. The song’s fast-paced rhythm and lyrical honesty quickly win listeners back over, shifting the energy from dwelling on past guilt to actively processing how to move forward alone. That catharsis carries through to the stripped-back finish of Lonely Is a Silent Song, giving the record a complete emotional arc.

By the end of Keepers, it’s hard not to notice how much Tiny Habits have grown since their debut. The songs feel more expansive this time around, but they don’t lose sight of the small, complicated moments that inspired them. There’s something refreshingly candid about the way the album allows love, friendship and growing pains to coexist without trying to tidy any of them up.

Dionysia Afolabi
Image: AJ Incammicia

Keepers is released on 28^th August 2026. For further information or to order the album, visit Tiny Habits’s website here.

Watch the video for Anything He Was here: