Affinity by Bad Posture Club
With Affinity, queer folk duo Bad Posture Club expands their sound beyond the simple arrangements of previous albums Volume I and A Place Between.
These new songs are enriched by the soft ambient drone of a 102-year-old acoustic pump organ. Discovered on Facebook Marketplace, the instrument—crafted in Brattleboro, VT in 1923, is an Estey Chaplain’s Organ, designed to perform burial services near battlefields and aboard ships during world wars l and ll.
A century later, Bad Posture Club seeks a similar purpose: to create something transcendent from the raw materials of daily life amidst a chaotic and deeply troubled world.
Tracklist
| 1. | Amber Lampshade | 2:57 |
| 2. | Handy Girls | 4:25 |
| 3. | Affinity | 5:06 |
| 4. | Choose | 2:55 |
| 5. | DMV | 3:29 |
| 6. | First Love Waltz | 6:08 |
| 7. | Mary Ellen | 3:22 |
| 8. | Reggie | 3:55 |
| 9. | Mary and Elizabeth | 3:10 |
| 10. | Sun Star | 5:11 |
Credits
released July 8, 2025
Recorded & Engineered by Doug Malone at JAMDEK, Chicago IL, February 2024
Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering
Maren Day played banjo, guitar, pump organ, electric organ, and sang
Morgan Kavanagh played guitar, pump organ and sang
Alec Watson played celeste, piano, and electric organ
All songs written by Bad Posture Club, except for the last verse of Sun Star which is a verse from Little Musgrave, a traditional English ballad we learned from a Jean Ritchie Recording.
Album art by Mikki Itzigsohn
Vinyl layout by Liana Warren
Tape layout by Andrew Vasco
Thank you to Alec & Allie for all their support during the recording process.
Thank you to Alec for being a joy to collaborate with, adding magic to our songs, & for going on a wild tour with us where we played these songs together many times over.
Thank you to Madi & Leah for asking such good questions, listening, & being there.
Thank you to Andrew Vasco at Ghost Mountain for supporting our music & helping this album come into physical form.
Thank you to Laura–her kindness, guidance, wisdom & patience created space for many of these songs to come into being.
Thank you to Doug for having us back at JAMDEK, & especially for helping our vision of Reggie materialize.
Thank you to Powderhorn Park, & to our Minneapolis community for all the love, inspiration, growth, & support–we love you.
Thank you, listener, whoever you are.
Recorded & Engineered by Doug Malone at JAMDEK, Chicago IL, February 2024
Mastered by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering
Maren Day played banjo, guitar, pump organ, electric organ, and sang
Morgan Kavanagh played guitar, pump organ and sang
Alec Watson played celeste, piano, and electric organ
All songs written by Bad Posture Club, except for the last verse of Sun Star which is a verse from Little Musgrave, a traditional English ballad we learned from a Jean Ritchie Recording.
Album art by Mikki Itzigsohn
Vinyl layout by Liana Warren
Tape layout by Andrew Vasco
Thank you to Alec & Allie for all their support during the recording process.
Thank you to Alec for being a joy to collaborate with, adding magic to our songs, & for going on a wild tour with us where we played these songs together many times over.
Thank you to Madi & Leah for asking such good questions, listening, & being there.
Thank you to Andrew Vasco at Ghost Mountain for supporting our music & helping this album come into physical form.
Thank you to Laura–her kindness, guidance, wisdom & patience created space for many of these songs to come into being.
Thank you to Doug for having us back at JAMDEK, & especially for helping our vision of Reggie materialize.
Thank you to Powderhorn Park, & to our Minneapolis community for all the love, inspiration, growth, & support–we love you.
Thank you, listener, whoever you are.
