Human Zoo by Stress Positions
Stress Positions is a band from Chicago, IL. The band has three members from the now-defunct C.H.E.W. with the addition of vocalist Stephanie Brooks. The band formed in 2020 and plays forward-looking classic American hardcore punk. A debut EP, Walang Hiya, was released in May of 2021 on Open Palm tapes and released on vinyl by Iron Lung Records in September 2023. The band’s first LP, Harsh Reality, followed that up in December of the same year on Three One G Records.
The band's newest release, Human Zoo, will be released on Three One G in the Spring of 2025, and features remixes from Planet B and Made by Human Hands. As always, Stress Positions remains anti-colonialist and anti-capitalist, amongst the many other things that fall into these frameworks. Topics addressed on this release include draconian abortion laws, washed up comedians who can’t cope with a changing world, the long lasting effects of Western colonialism, the Israeli genocide, subjugation and occupation of the Palestinian people and their lands, Right Wing military indoctrination, and being a person of color in a white-dominated subculture.
Tracklist
| 1. | Sadistic | |
| 2. | Fragile | |
| 3. | Human Zoo | |
| 4. | Nakba | |
| 5. | Blood Money | 1:53 |
| 6. | Salbahe Ako | |
| 7. | Kaddish | |
| 8. | Human Zoo (Planet B remix) | |
| 9. | Blood Money (Planet B remix) | |
| 10. | Human Zoo (Made By Human Hands remix) | |
Credits
Human Zoo EP was recorded by Matt Russell (REZN, OOZING WOUND, C.H.E.W., BIG LAUGH) at Altered States Studio in Chicago, March 2024. Mastered by James Plotkin (VOIVOD, KHANATE, FULL OF HELL, TRIAC, BACKSLIDER).
License
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.
Chicago Hardcore Punk
No sympathy for police