This playlist doesn't care about your heart rate zones or your carefully calibrated training plan. It's post-punk and indie noise assembled with the kind of reckless energy that made you sign up for a race you weren't ready for in the first place. Twenty-three tracks that sound like they were recorded in basements, garages, and one particularly angry art school in Brighton. Fast, loud, and built for runners who'd rather go full throttle than coast.
AK/DK opens with that motorik pulse that makes everything feel inevitable in the best way. Deeper arrives next with Wire-indebted angles that remind you why you loved college radio. JOHN (TIMESTWO) shows up for the first of three appearances because apparently they understand pacing better than you do. The first mile always lies, but these opening tracks make you believe it.
Then comes the scrappy middle—Lithics, Flat Worms, Automatic, Egyptian Blue. This is DIY energy, all edges and no polish. The playlist refuses to play nice, and neither should you. This is the section where you stop checking your watch and start trusting your legs. Or not. Either way, the guitars don't care.
Around track eight, UK energy meets Zagreb chaos. MEMORIALS brings post-Brexit rage with "Boudicaaa," Folly Group adds their particular brand of why-not-both noise, and JOHN (TIMESTWO) returns with "Šibensko Powerhouse," a track title that sounds like a mistranslation but hits like it knows exactly what it's doing. No apologies, no explanation.
La Luz arrives like the surf rock breather you didn't ask for but probably needed. "Loose Teeth" and "Cicada" bring actual melody to the proceedings, which feels almost subversive at this point. Hot Garbage adds space rock. GHOSTWOMAN hints at where this is all heading. Catch your breath. You'll need it.
Because DITZ is coming. "The Warden" hits at the two-thirds mark when your body is negotiating terms of surrender. This is Brighton post-punk where art school meets actual rage—Gang of Four turned up to 11 with all the humor removed. It's not motivational. It's relentless. The guitars are jagged, the rhythm section is locked in that motorik groove that doesn't allow for weakness. At this point in the run, you don't need a friend. You need a warden.
The Cool Greenhouse mocks your algorithm. Noonday underground stretches time in ways your GPS watch can't track. You're in the wall now, and the playlist knows it.
JOHN (TIMESTWO) returns for their third appearance with "Dog Walker." Public Body brings noise rock. Glyders add psych weirdness. You're in the deep end, and the shallow end is a memory.
Pip Blom arrives with indie energy that feels almost hopeful. Deeper returns with "Sub." GHOSTWOMAN closes with "Do You," and the answer is yes, apparently. You finish or collapse trying. The playlist doesn't care which.
