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
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?
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