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    Harsh Reality, as the name might suggest, is an unrelenting, thought-provoking, intense album from start to finish. Most of the songs were either finished or conceived of early in the pandemic: a time when everything was amplified, a constant reminder that "this is how things are." Subject matter varies from poverty and the firm grip capitalism has on our lives, to personal conflicts and police brutality, particularly in the band's home city of Chicago. Stress Positions intelligently uses the trappings of hardcore punk to address sexuality, finding freedom from religious oppression, guilt, and shame, and the resulting auditory assault is an apt reflection of the world around us. It feels as if you never get a chance to breathe, and when you do, it’s a brief, desperate gasp. Enjoy it while you can- It won’t last long.

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    Harsh Reality, as the name might suggest, is an unrelenting, thought-provoking, intense album from start to finish. Most of the songs were either finished or conceived of early in the pandemic: a time when everything was amplified, a constant reminder that "this is how things are." Subject matter varies from poverty and the firm grip capitalism has on our lives, to personal conflicts and police brutality, particularly in the band's home city of Chicago. Stress Positions intelligently uses the trappings of hardcore punk to address sexuality, finding freedom from religious oppression, guilt, and shame, and the resulting auditory assault is an apt reflection of the world around us. It feels as if you never get a chance to breathe, and when you do, it’s a brief, desperate gasp. Enjoy it while you can- It won’t last long.

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lyrics

I feel so close to you

I often wonder if these relationships border on obsession



Is it all right

that I stay here every night?

Maybe I’m too eager

To sleep here with you

My cheeks ignite when you’re changing your clothes


Our bodies are mirrors

You undulate like me

I’m trying to scream

Wrap yourself Into me

Put your hands on me



I’m embarrassed

Each syllable of her name

Begets shame

And fills me with with vile thoughts

Let me feel the softness you bring



Let me explore the ways
I can make lightning across your skin

My secrets are your secrets

Unhealthy and intense

That's how girls are



No mercy from heaven

My pent up aggression

And unfathomable cowardice

Let us devour us

Let me burn in hell



Profane and vulgar

No concern for composure

Watch me spit fire

With repressed desire

Let me burn in hell



Throned in flowers

O terrible enchantress

Release me

Smile with immortal lids

Put your hands on me



In spite of the father

In spite of the son

In spite of the envious men

And the involuntary chastity

Put your hands on me



Should I go home now?

Am I making you uncomfortable?

Can you stand to look at me?

Why am I so overwhelmed with fear?

At the thought of touching you

As if this mirror will distort and bend

As if I’ll draw a blank

Or forget the ways that I find pleasure in pleasurable things



Is it worth declaring

if she’s not mine?

If this exists only tonight?

Do worlds fall apart?

Do I break my mothers heart?





Am I a heathen?

Do you think god still loves me?

Will I go to the kingdom?

Do you think god still loves me?

Why do I get so hung up on this learned structure of morality that I never agreed to anyway?



Is this all valid?

Do you take my seriously?

Do you see me like I see me?

Does anybody care about identity?

And it’s intricacies?

Or am I just screaming into nothing?

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from Harsh Reality, released December 8, 2023

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Chicago Hardcore Punk
No sympathy for police

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