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Festival Song

Jeff Rosenstock

from WORRY. (2016)

160 BPM ·2:54 ·1 playlist
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About This Track

Jeff Rosenstock said this song is about an all ages venue in Brooklyn getting shut down so that Vice could move their offices in. He's calling out the media company, commonly associated with punk, as just another brick in the wall. Jack Shirley, who engineered this track, also worked with Deafheaven, a band whose blend of black metal and shoegaze is far from the anarcho-punk tag attached to Rosenstock.

Why It Works for Running

At the threshold, the brain starts questioning the effort, but the song's major-key optimism and consistent intensity create a groove that pushes back against that urge to slow down. The persistent energy makes walking feel like a greater deviation than holding pace.

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