insomniac (EP)
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.
Hesitation
Hesitation was the first mad routine song to be worked on live on Veela's stream (on October 30th, 2025). An early demo was also played as a preview on January 10th, 2025.
Fresh air
Fresh air was originally called darkness.