Worry (album)

Worry
Studio album by
Jeff Rosenstock
ReleasedOctober 14, 2016 (2016-10-14)
Recorded2016
Genre
Length37:42
Label
ProducerJack Shirley
Jeff Rosenstock chronology
We Cool?
(2015) 		Worry
(2016) 		Post-
(2018)
Singles from Worry
  1. "Festival Song"
    Released: July 14, 2016
  2. "Wave Goodnight to Me"
    Released: September 7, 2016

Worry (stylized as WORRY.) is the second solo album by American rock musician Jeff Rosenstock, released on October 14, 2016 by SideOneDummy Records. Released over a year after his debut solo album We Cool?, Worry was recorded in April and May 2016 at a house in Stinson Beach, California.[1] Much of the album was written shortly after Rosenstock's band's gear was stolen while on tour in 2015.[2] Worry saw the former Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches frontman achieve his greatest critical success, with numerous placements on year-end lists and previously unseen media exposure. The album addresses themes including urban gentrification, economic inequality and police brutality in the United States.[3][4]

The album was promoted with two singles: "Festival Song", released on July 14, 2016, and "Wave Goodnight to Me", released on September 7, 2016.[5][6] Rosenstock toured the album with Hard Girls, Katie Ellen of Chumped and local acts picked in each city.[7]

The album cover is a photograph taken at Rosenstock's wedding in 2015.[3]

The song "Perfect Sound Whatever" provided the inspiration for the title the book of the same name by James Acaster, in which Worry was featured.[8]

  1. ^ Jeff Rosenstock — NEW RECORD Worry. OUT OCTOBER 14TH
  2. ^ Dan Ozzi. What, Jeff Rosenstock Worry? A bright night in Mexico during a dark year in America. Noisey Oct 26 2016.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference cos was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  5. ^ "Jeff Rosenstock – "Festival Song"". Stereogum. July 14, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  6. ^ Andrew Sacher. "Jeff Rosenstock announces new album Worry., shares "Wave Goodnight To Me"". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  7. ^ A Q&A with Jeff Rosenstock, song stream, and a chance to win tix to Market Hotel
  8. ^ "Why James Acaster thinks 2016 was music's best year ever". BBC News. August 22, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2021.