Dead Fish Handshake are a New Jersey–based rock band returning with renewed momentum after a five-year hiatus. Formed in 2011, the group emerged from an acoustic project into a full modern rock outfit. Now reunited, they lead into their upcoming 2026 album Safe In The Harms Of Love with Traveling at the Speed of Life. For fans of Alter Bridge, Shinedown, and Royal Blood, their sound delivers dynamic, heartfelt rock.
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Traveling at the Speed of Life kicks off with a bright guitar line that climbs upward, like something is about to begin whether you’re ready or not. As the steady bass groove comes in, it props up a dance-ready rhythm, and the light falsetto opens the track with a sense of lift rather than weight. Immediately, the song feels alive.
Lyrically, the track speaks directly to burnout and overload. Lines like, “Life moves so fast. It seems automatic,” and, “Caught in the past but stuck in the static,” capture that feeling of being mentally overwhelmed, where thoughts won’t shut off and everything blurs together. The pre-chorus carries a sultry tension before the chorus crashes in, guitars going full force. When the hook hits, it feels unapologetic—especially in, “Life spins us right around. Then the wrecking ball knocks us all down.”
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What gives the song its punch is how it doesn’t glorify chaos; it pushes back against carrying everything. Even “I’d trade everything just to feel anything” isn’t about speed—it’s about numbness, about wanting sensation over survival mode. The title, “Traveling at the speed of life,” reads less like velocity and more like acceptance: this is fast, messy, and you’re still here.
By the time it circles back to, “We’re all here. Traveling at the speed of life,” the momentum feels liberating. Finally, the song sits in the space where life moves too fast, pressure stacks up, you’re barely holding yourself together—but still choosing to move.
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