The resulting track, released on his label in 2022, is described as a "bombastic rave meets tech meets trance" anthem. It captures the frantic, repetitive nature of these encounters, as reflected in the track’s description of the loop: "men walking dogs passing dogs walking men passing men walking dogs".
During these epic hikes, often while "completely and utterly loaded on edibles," Askew found a bizarre, unspoken subculture in the wild:
The story behind the track by John Askew is a reflection of the "cabin fever" and social isolation experienced during the first global lockdown in the summer of 2020. The Inspiration
: These men rarely spoke to one another. Instead, they wore headphones, keeping the music on and the world off.
In 2024, Askew released a reworked version known as the as part of the buildup to his studio album, A Room Full of Pros & Cons .
: He encountered other men doing exactly the same thing—trekking through the wilderness with their dogs, similarly disconnected from the "real world".