Board 8 Song of the Fortnight Club - #13

Enigma - even though it's death metal, I think it does enough different to make it stand out from a lot of other death metal tracks. Of course the clean vocals at the beginning being the most obvious but even parts sprinkled throughout the song.

Kalamazoo - I like the bridge where the instruments take over the most. The rest of it doesn't do a SUPER whole lot for me but his voice is nice, and it never really settles which is good.

What They Do - clear direct message throughout, with some great lyrics and a great hook by Saadiq. Smoooooooth while still going in for what Black Thought believes in with The Roots.

Season 2 Episode 3 - there's something that just kind of annoys me about this song and I'm not sure what. It's inventive, it's bouncy, it's catchy....but I don't really want to hear it after this? I dunno man, I'm weird. Also if I had a gf or bf that ate mayonnaise out of a jar they would be GONE, we'd be DONE. Then again that's kind of the point of the song so props to them they conveyed that message well.

While The Earth Sleeps - honestly this is actually a super cool song, it's such a 90s electronic song and I really really like that. The distorted vocals coming in and out really make it too. It reminds me of Desert Rose by Sting a bit, a song I grew up with and have always thought was neat.

Jekyll - fantastic voice, fun instrumentation, you just gotta let it flow.

Down to the River - powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, that's what this song has. Fuckin powerful man, good shit.

Out of the Black - I remember when they first came out hearing this song and I went on a thing with them for a while. It's so cool how it's just a bassist and drummer creating all of this. I think Little Monster is my favorite from them but this one was what introduced me.

Killer - ah yes, the ready set. I knew about him from being on Pete Wentz' (and Patrick Stump but really more Pete as the face) ever famous label Decaydance Records. This song is from 2011 but it brings me back to the yesterdays of mid to late 2000s with the likes of Hellogoodbye, combining electropop elements with that "emo" scene. I'll always have a soft spot.

Skies - protest the hero, always good stuff. Rody has a great voice and does some really cool things with his lyrics. Of course being a progressive metal band but one that really tries to flirt in other genres (which is really what makes them stand out in my mind compared to others in their scene), every element of instrumentation is done well.

Junior Kickstart - fitting with their band name, this sounds straight like a tv show theme from back in the day about a group of superheroes or just general action team kicking crime's ass. It's fun.