Thursday, December 1, 2016

The 2016 Jester One Music Top 20 Countdown - #20

#20 - Safemode - Hold On




#20 is always an interesting spot on the countdown. Some years there are so many songs that it's impossible to really fill out the lower spots without feeling bad about leaving certain songs out. Other years you're kind of reaching and you look back and scratch your head about the final few.  Don't get me wrong; there's never a lack of quality songs by the end of the year. It's just sometimes I look back and wonder just where I was at the right time.

Anyways, this year we have Safemode taking the opening spot on our countdown. The Swedish metalcore trio are known for their melodic vocals and crunching guitars. In 2013 their song "Another Day Will Haunt You" gained a large amount of airplay on RadioU and they've continued forward with the track "Hold On" in 2016. The album Colorblind features a few decent songs but all in all "Hold On" is definitely the strongest track, and preaches a message of staying strong in the difficult times. It was a good song to get me through the year and I'm hopeful to hear a musical maturation from the band in the coming years.







Title: Hold On
Artist: Safemode
Album: Colorblind





Previous #20s
2015: Florence and the Machine - Ship to Wreck
2014: I, The Breather - Swine:Cult (ft Ricky Armellino)
2013: Grouplove - Ways To Go
2012: Reptar - Stuck in My Id
2011: Avril Lavigne - What The Hell
2010: Dark Tranquility - The Fatalist
2009: Collective Soul - Staring Down

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