Upbeat factory music that slowly makes you feel terrible about bopping along to it. Sweatshop was a 2011 browser and iOS game by Littleloud that used its cheerful presentation to sneak in commentary about child labor in shoe manufacturing.
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The Sweatshop track has this peppy, industrial rhythm that sounds fun until the context sinks in. Funky Shoes keeps the energy deceptively light. Make 'Em Fast and Get to Work ramp up the pace with this frantic, almost comedic urgency.
A Child's Work is Never Done. Yeah. The whole soundtrack walks this line between catchy and uncomfortable on purpose. If you appreciate games that use tone as a weapon and let the music do half the arguing, this little OST is doing something genuinely clever.