Out of the City - Maclayne (Rock Pop) With a sunlight drenched, roadtrip evoking track, Maclayne lets her listeners know it’s time to get “Out of the City.” For this New Yorker, it’s certainly relatable, as Maclayne showcases her storyteller prowess in longing to get out of the shoebox she’s in and away from the rain and dreariness of urban life. The instrumental is anthemic, the strumming guitars out of the gate providing tension that carries you through the song, eventually joined but some real tub thumpin drums. What makes the song unique is the theatricality of the strong and versatile lead vocal, which at times brings the song into “the heroine/protagonist song in an animated feature” territory, which makes the track quite singalongable.

Best Lyric: “Locked up in this box for months now, it’s been raining nonstop now.”