“Pursuit” marks M(h)aol’s first output since the release of their 2023 Merge debut, Attachment Styles, and the band's reconfiguration as a four-piece, with Constance Keane as lead vocalist. Humming with nervous energy, the song is wound timebomb-tight, with singer/drummer Keane narrating the way home after a night out while the band pushes the pace to a frenzy; she reveals, “As a whole, the song is built out of frustration that has accumulated over the past 30 years of being a woman in public."