"Races" is Barrie's first new release since December's "Doesn't Really Matter", and will appear on her upcoming EP 5K, which is made up of songs that were recorded during the Barbara album sessions, but didn't fit the final record.

Barrie says of the track, "I finished the music for "Races" before the lyrics, and I was trying to figure out what to say. I got in a rabbit-hole about how when you get songs stuck in your head, they’re like these weird little mantras that you didn’t choose to take on, and how crazy it is that musicians have the opportunity to have a direct line into people’s heads like that. I was thinking about what phrases I’d want to implant. And what would be a good use of that kind of privilege. Obviously it doesn’t work exactly that way, but there was an element of experimenting with that in this song."

She adds of the EP, "The music felt like a good arc for running. I want this music to be good company; steady and light enough. It’s literal and it’s metaphorical; this EP is meant to be your running partner for whatever form of 5K you’re doing."

Tracklist:

1. Nocturne Interlude
2. Races
3. Unholy Appetite
4. Ghost World
5. Empty