WORRY.

by Jeff Rosenstock

WORRY. cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 October 2016
  • Label: SideOneDummy, Quote Unquote
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:40
  • Community rating: 4.36/5 from 28 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Jeff Rosenstock鈥檚 'WORRY.' is a frantic blast of pop-punk and anti-capitalist power pop that lyrically confronts modern anxieties such as gentrification, economic inequality, and the fraught nature of digital-age romance. The album is notable for its ambitious structure, culminating in a nine-song medley where tracks bleed into one another, spanning ska, hardcore, and explosive rock. Produced with a raw, live-in-the-room energy by Jack Shirley, the record was a critical breakthrough that solidified Rosenstock's reputation for crafting cathartic anthems about personal and societal collapse.

Genres

Descriptors: fast-paced, melodic, gang-vocals, lo-fi, earnest, DIY, accessible, witty, punchy

Tracklist

  1. We Begged 2 Explode (03:44)
  2. Pash Rash (01:42)
  3. Festival Song (02:54)
  4. Staring Out the Window at Your Old Apartment (03:21)
  5. Wave Goodnight to Me (02:59)
  6. To Be a Ghost... (04:02)
  7. Pietro, 60 Years Old (00:38)
  8. I Did Something Weird Last Night (03:11)
  9. Blast Damage Days (02:54)
  10. Bang on the Door (01:02)
  11. Rainbow (01:30)
  12. Planet Luxury (00:29)
  13. HELLLLHOOOOLE (01:45)
  14. June 21st (01:03)
  15. The Fuzz (01:58)
  16. ...While You're Alive (01:53)
  17. Perfect Sound Whatever (02:35)

Credits

  • Jeff Rosenstock - vocals, guitar, keyboards, saxophone, etc., songwriter, photography, design
  • John DeDomenici - bass
  • Mike Huguenor - guitar, backing vocals
  • Kevin Higuchi - drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Angelina Banda - backing vocals
  • Dan Potthast - backing vocals
  • Giles Bidder - backing vocals
  • Lauren Brief - backing vocals
  • Sim Castro - backing vocals
  • Christine Mackie - backing vocals, photography
  • Jack Shirley - recording, engineering, production, mixing, mastering, backing vocals
  • Hiro Tanaka - photography

More from Jeff Rosenstock: full discography