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.
Includes unlimited streaming of Harsh Reality
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 10 days
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$24.99USDor more
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?
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