pool party (EP)
Pool party is the summer EP of 2025, officially released on July 28th, 2025. It is the second EP by mad routine.
Tracklist
- trip (3:19)
- motivation (3:29)
- 99 (2:59)
- let me down (3:36)
- facade (3:17)
- catacomb (3:49)
- midnight (3:13) (cassette only)
'99 CD
With the release of pool party a CD was also made available for pre-order with the complete discography so far.
Tracklist: rude instinct, disappear, won't stop runnin', find a way back, bap, disparait, recluse, nothing left to find, never be the same again, midnight, trip, motivation, 99, let me down, facade, catacomb
History
Crowdfunding
The trip for the production of visuals and the accompanying movie was crowdfunded starting at the livestream of the in a mood movie (February 16th, 2025). The goal was reached on March 8th, 2025.
Initial reveal
The EP poster, name and initial tracklist were revealed during the livestream of the trip on May 25th, 2025. 99 was initially the last song on the EP. The revised tracklist was revealed during a Veela livestream on July 11th, 2025.
Various puzzles were posted on Discord starting from July 9th leading up to the release, revealing the release date and an inverted and distorted version of the cover.
Early access release
The band's redesigned website launched on July 27th, 2025 at midnight PST with the EP available to play and purchase, cassette and CD pre-order and handmade accessories and clothing. The clothing was sourced second-hand, the block prints used were hand carved by Burtie. Most of the accessories and clothes were sold the same day. The music video for trip also became available for view and download through the website. The site also includes a hidden page titled "pirt" with a distorted and slowed version of trip and a distorted image, similar to bap 5.
During the livestream on the 27th at 9 PM PST V played pool party and talked about it, sharing details about the tracks and how they came to be. Multiple giveaways were hosted during the stream thanks to donations by community members 4exiled and Mono.
Official release
Pool party got officially released on streaming platforms the next day, on July 28th, 2025.
Music videos
The music videos were first shown during livestreams. They were also available to watch on the website earlier on the day of the streams.
The video for trip was released on July 28th with the album's release, the rest of the music videos released on the following Fridays except for catacomb, which released on Sunday.
Background
Trip
Trip was the first song V and City started that had the mad routine sound they were looking for. It has been completed long before the EP release. The music video was recorded at Jerry's Main Lunch in Burlington, IA by @YaBoi3Hunna and V & C.
Motivation
The music video for motivation was recorded at The Washington in Burlington, IA by V & C, @JordanBink, @YaBoi3Hunna, @hello.heller and @BuriedLemon. There was a call for extras for a shoot happening on May 18th, 2025, initially shared on April 26th, 2025.
Extras: Jordan, Jamie, Hunter, Julian, Brendan, Victoria, Lucy, Cindy, Ashlie, Jeff, Kerstin, Echo, Cazz
99
The music video for 99 was recorded at the Burlington Auditorium by V & C, @JordanBink, @YaBoi3Hunna and @hello.heller.
Let me down
The music video for let me down was recorded in a mall (Westland Mall) in Burlington, IA by V & C and @JordanBink.
Facade
Facade was originally called Constraints, also referenced in the movie.
Catacomb
The music video for catacomb was shot at goose shit beach by V & C and @hello.heller.