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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

Liar liar

Gentrifier

Tired of your peace corps pics



Colonizer

Uninspired

Found your call in politics



Bushwick baby

Call me crazy

Insincere and turbulent



Double major

You’re no savior

Read your theory, rack up debt



Go to college

Get your paper

Soon you’ll be a feckless dad



With a mortgage

And a pension

You don’t fool me

You fucking leech



Liar liar

You’re retired

Went to grad school changed your tune



Made your money

Built your altar

But the water’s rising soon



You’re not as smart as you think you are

Why can't you just SHUT UP?



Yeah I’m talking to you, don’t condescend me take your gaslighting and shut the door

Don’t talk to me again, don’t ever look my way in fact I’m taking it a step further

If you don’t get out of my face I’m gonna make you cry

Do you think that I’m impressed by your pseudo intellectual hot takes?

I don’t idolize white male mediocrity

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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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