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About the song, Mac Folger states:
“This was the first song where I'd blast the voice memo on the PA and write the guitar parts like that. I wanted to write with that level of in-the-room energy. I knew if I was going to practice just along to my phone, I wasn't gonna go for the things I normally would.”
"I wrote the lyrics and bassline to “Pressure” in kind of a drunken stupor back in 2018. I ran into a person whom I went to high school with, who made a condescending comment about the way I was living my life after graduating college: working at a pizza restaurant, playing music, maybe partying a bit much. It really wasn’t that scolding of a statement, but it really stuck in my craw; I spent that night thinking, “who the fuck is this moron in Hokas telling me how to better myself?”. I was seething with a lot of anger at the time, and the song dispatches some of that energy. I find it amusing now, considering that I am now 31, don’t drink, work a pretty vanilla 9-5, have a family, and have been to Cancun at least once. I still don’t think anyone like that is in a position to give advice to people living differently from their idyllic version of a productive life, but I’ve spent enough time with my thoughts to know that songs like these are less about people I dislike and more about my insecurities."
"Pressure" has a Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers like vibe banging throughout. Check out the tune below:
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