A gentle, heartfelt, and uplifting embrace of life’s transient, magical moments, Bad Posture Club’s “Handy Girls” is a vibrant daydream – a tender reflection on love, human connection, and the small things that bring us a sense of belonging.
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Her favorite line is “Handy girls can fix it,” and I wish I could bring her joy all the time…
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There’s a unique kind of love in the mundane.
In shared routines and private jokes, in collaborating to mend things, in strolling hand-in-hand through shadowy woods, or shouting at the dog from the front seat of an old truck. Bad Posture Club’s latest single captures this closeness with striking elegance – it’s so sincere and raw in its reflections on place, companionship, and the beauty we create in ordinary settings. A soft, heartfelt, and smile-inducing celebration of life’s ephemeral, enchanting moments, “Handy Girls” offers a luminous daydream – a gentle meditation on love, human connection, and all the little things that give us a sense of home.
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Pickup truck with one headlight
Ratchet straps snug and tight
Remember when we dropped bales on the road?
The guy behind us
picked them up and drove away
Blue tarp and orange twine
Reflecting the colors of the sky and sun during good days
“Handy girls can fix it” is her favorite line
And I wish I could
make her joyful all the time
Atwood Magazine is excited to premiere “Handy Girls,” the second single from Bad Posture Club’s upcoming third album Affinity (set for release on July 8th, 2025 via Ghost Mountain Records). Following May’s captivating title track – a cinematic, slow-burning folk reflection – “Handy Girls” adds a refreshing airiness and simplicity to Bad Posture Club’s repertoire. It comprises two voices and an acoustic guitar, stripped down and genuine – just intimacy and truth, softly delivered with caring and soothing melodies.
“‘Handy Girls’ shares stories from a rural property in Northwestern Washington, where I lived from ages 12 to 15,” says Morgan Kavanagh, who performs in Bad Posture Club alongside bandmate Maren Day, in an interview with Atwood Magazine. “The song encapsulates quiet, significant moments – times when I felt a deep connection to both the people around me and the landscape we called home. It was a challenging, beautiful, and formative place.”
She adds, “By keeping the instrumentation minimal, the focus stays on the storytelling – inviting listeners into a world shaped by the tender, often tough work of caring for complex people and places.”
Walking through the dark woods
with her hand in mine
Neighbors have cable TV
and they don’t mind
If we come over Wednesday nights
to watch for a while
She enjoys CSI, I prefer American Idol
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The song encapsulates quiet, significant moments – times when I felt a deep connection to both the people around me and the landscape we called home. It was a challenging, beautiful, and formative place.
That simplicity is what makes “Handy Girls” resonate deeply.
With lyrical glimpses of hay bales, pink survey tape, Wednesday night TV traditions, and long drives down a two-lane highway, Day and Kavanagh create a portrait of growing up and quiet devotion. It’s intimate and poetic, gently nostalgic, and profoundly human.
Loggers marking trees with bright pink tape
We untie the ribbons and discard them
But they return the following week just the same
Doing our best to turn the sad moments into a game
Active since 2018, Bad Posture Club are well-acquainted with musical grace and vulnerability – and Atwood Magazine is familiar with their work! The duo was previously highlighted in our 81st Editor’s Picks (published December 2022) for their beautifully poignant song “My Good My Sweet My Bright,” originally written by Kavanagh’s great grandmother over 90 years ago in the early 1930s – a track that still radiates the timeless warmth of unconditional love:
My good, my sweet, my bright
Close your eyes on countless stars and soft moonbeams
May all the things you cherish
come and be your playmates in your dreams
And when the night is over,
just remember I’ll be there to care for you
To start the day out right
I love you so, my good, my sweet, my bright
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A tender, nostalgic, and smile-provoking celebration of life's ephemeral magical moments, Bad Posture Club's "Handy Girls" serves as a bright daydream—a warm and sincere contemplation of love, human relationships, and the small details that give us a sense of belonging.