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Rot was mentioned in the [[Pool party '99 (movie)|pool party '99 movie]] as it was meant to be on that EP first. It was redacted from the movie and the title was kept a secret until the website release of this EP. V started and produced a lot of this song. When the [[mad respecters]] solved the puzzle that revealed part of the lyrics for this song, another solution was crowdsourced, which became rat by rat moodine. This also got recorded and a distorted and reversed version was included on the website as a hidden track. | Rot was mentioned in the [[Pool party '99 (movie)|pool party '99 movie]] as it was meant to be on that EP first. It was redacted from the movie and the title was kept a secret until the website release of this EP. V started and produced a lot of this song. When the [[mad respecters]] solved the puzzle that revealed part of the lyrics for this song, another solution was crowdsourced, which became rat by rat moodine. This also got recorded and a distorted and reversed version was included on the website as a hidden track. | ||
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Revision as of 01:00, 10 February 2026
Insomniac is the winter EP of 2026. It is the third EP to be released by mad routine. A 100 cassettes were made and can be purchased from the website. The cassettes include 2 singles released since pool party and 4 exclusive tracks.
Tracklist
- insomniac (3:36)
- control (3:22)
- hesitation (3:06)
- fresh air (3:07)
- double life (3:40)
- rot (3:22)
- domino (4:08) (cassette only)
- don't react (2:59) (cassette only)
- (secret track) (cassette only)
- (secret track) (cassette only)
- (secret track) (cassette only)
- (secret track) (cassette only)
History
Crowdfunding
The trip for the production of visuals and the accompanying movie was crowdfunded starting on October 8th, 2025. The goal was reached on October 25th, 2025.
Band trip
City went to Canada to shoot music videos between November 1st, 2025 and November 29th, 2025.
Initial reveal
The EP poster, name and tracklist (except for the 6th song) were revealed during the livestream of the trip on November 28th, 2025.
Website release
The EP was released on the redesigned website on February 6th, 2026. Both streaming and digital purchase are available on the site. Most of the listed cassettes and merch were sold on the first day. The site is split into a USA and an international section because of the tariffs.
Background
Insomniac
Insomniac was originally called anvil and the instrumental was included in the movie introducing mad routine, first shown on November 17th, 2024. An early demo was played on January 17th, 2025 with live vocals, without City's knowledge and it was kept as a secret for a year.
Control
Control was originally called yashica. The music video was filmed in the summer during the band trip of pool party. An early demo was played as a preview on February 9th, 2025.
Hesitation
Hesitation was the first mad routine song to be worked on live on Veela's stream (on October 30th, 2025). City started the instrumental during his first band trip in 2024 and wrote the chorus lyrics when he got back home. It was originally called Fan Tan Alley. An early demo was also played as a preview on January 10th, 2025.
Fresh air
Fresh air was originally called darkness.
Double life
Double life was started on City's birthday in 2025 and was called birthday for almost a year. Depeche Mode and Eurythmics were influences for this song.
Rot
Rot was mentioned in the pool party '99 movie as it was meant to be on that EP first. It was redacted from the movie and the title was kept a secret until the website release of this EP. V started and produced a lot of this song. When the mad respecters solved the puzzle that revealed part of the lyrics for this song, another solution was crowdsourced, which became rat by rat moodine. This also got recorded and a distorted and reversed version was included on the website as a hidden track.