Faulty Cognitions
They Promised Us Heaven (black)
Smart & melodic socio-political indie punk rock from Texas. Ex-members of Low Culture, Shang-a-lang, Nocturnal Prose & more. Their sophomore album and hands-down best batch of songs to date. "Faulty Cognitions have an undeniable energy. The San Antonio quartet have a penchant for upbeat and catchy songs that complement the alienation and social disillusionment that lyricist Chris Mason explores on their sophomore album, They Promised Us Heaven. Mason dwells on the concept of "hypernormalization" of the horrors of our everyday world, otherwise characterized as the powerlessness of the common individual to change or resist the world's current power structure that leaves people aware but immobile. Throughout They Promised Us Heaven, Mason lyrically reflects on global capitalism, domestic inequality, and the Palestinian genocide in Gaza with grief and clarity, as the band plays deeply melodic alt-rock with an impossible-to-hide punk attitude"