Somehow, Here We Are. Faulty Cognitions

Faulty Cognitions is a band from San Antonio. It formed when Chris Mason packed up in Portland, Oregon and moved to Texas, where he formed a band with long time friend Yole Centeno. Together with Nick Obregon and Mike Nera they decided to start rocking. And is the world the better for it!

Of course, folks, there is nothing new under the sun on Somehow, Here We Are. Faulty Cognitions play punkrock with the heart in the right place and a beer in both hands (when not playing). Think of Dropkick Murphys without Irish stuff. Songs ready to shout along to in the local pub. Except that the quality of the band is obvious and way beyond playing at local pub level. This band can play and the singer has exactly the right voice for all of this.

More importantly, the band has the songs. In a way it is amazing that it is still possible to come up with great songs in this genre. Faulty Cognitions wrote twelve of them and plays them with pride and joy.

I had missed the origins of this U.S. alternative rock genre in the 1980s. Bands people are always on about like The Resentments, Hüsker Dü and The Pixies all passed me by. I was busy doing other things, without the money to keep up with music, like getting a degree. In the 1990s there was Slobberbone and that Texas band struck a chord for a while with me. Although Slobberbone remained an exception, with Buffalo Tom, deeper into this century, things landed where it should have been 40 years ago. (How long?) Like with bands like Faulty Cognitions.

Somehow, Here We Are is filled with U.S. rock somewhere between punk and country rock. In other words, at least two guitars, drums and bass that really go for it. The result is an energised shot of rock and roll for the masses. It looks like to me that this is really all the information you need. Listen to it, buy it, support bands like Faulty Cognitions.

Wout de Natris

You can listen to and order Somehow, Here We Are here:

https://faultycognitions.bandcamp.com/album/somehow-here-we-are