As humans, we all have “routine faces” that are worn to convey differing and alternate versions of ourselves. Sometimes they subvert the authentic versions of ourselves in favor of a guarded or more pristine and presentable version for others. In the case of Chicago quartet Routine Faces, the combination of these “presentable” versions — in particular that of post-punk drummer and career opera singer — create the necessary conflict and chaos required to create and then embody an altogether new and dynamic persona. On their forthcoming debut, Us vs. Them (which drops June 25), Routine Faces’s vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Sahara offers a character study largely drawn from her experience of growing up without means in the Midwest rust belt and worki...