18 garage rock & surf rock tracks, 50 minutes of high-energy running music. Wavves, Gallus, BlackWaters fuel marathon-ready tempo with raw, aggressive sound.
Three chords, zero apologies, fifty minutes of beautiful aggression—this is what happens when surf rock crashes into garage punk and nobody backs down.\n\nWavves kicks it off with "Sail to the Sun," that hazy California distortion setting a deceptively chill tone before BlackWaters and Gallus drag you into the rawness. This isn't polished running music; it's the soundtrack for people who understand that marathons and garage rock share the same DNA—messy, unforgiving, and weirdly addictive. The opening stretch builds from Wavves' lo-fi buzz through Death's proto-punk sneer, establishing a groove that's equal parts driving and defiant. Gallus shows up three times across the playlist, and each appearance feels like running into that friend who always pushes the pace when you're getting comfortable.\n\nAround the halfway point, "Let The Good Times Roll" becomes your permission slip to embrace the chaos. BlackWaters' fuzzy, swaggering riff cuts through any pretense of suffering nobility—you're here, you're hurting, might as well grin through it. The back half leans harder into noise and attitude: The Orwells, Delta 5, and a perfectly placed Ramones closer that feels less like victory lap and more like stumbling across the finish line with your middle fingers up.\n\nThis is marathon training music for runners who'd rather listen to Rascalton than motivational podcasts. The BPM variety keeps your legs honest—some tracks demand quick turnover, others let you settle into a grinding rhythm. It's garage rock running: raw nerve translated into forward motion, where "good enough" is the highest compliment and pretty was never the point.