Faulty Cognitions might be the most underrated punk band working today. Seriously, why did I go to one of their shows and there were only five people there? (If you see them coming to your town, please go — they’re worth it!) Anyways, that is a damn shame because they are deserving of huge fucking crowds for their timely pop punk songs that are melancholic but also super catchy. It’s the perfect music for aging DIY-lifers like myself who are disheartened by the state of the world but know that community is our way through it all. The zine that accompanied their album “Somehow, Here We Are” really captures everything that makes them so great. This zine features a page for each song, with scribbled song lyric snippets that read like rallying cries. the gritty, grainy hand-collaged and doodled textures mirror the shambolic jangle of their sound. Real good stuff.