S3E9: Escape Room Politics

Episode 9 is here and Bug and Matt are reminiscing about the places they definitely SHOULD NOT have been on tour right before they hit the road again. Don't be a hater, leave us a good reviewJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "In a Scoring/Sporting Position"----Bug's Song-----Title: The UpperhandAdditional Challenge: Safe Space for HateLyrics: I am barking at the mailmanthough you tell me there's no hopeButupperhandr barked at milkmenwhen's the last time you saw one of thoseI am barking at the squirrels outsideand no one thinks it worksbut my father barked at sabretoothsand wiped them from the EarthWe can solve it like our fathers, open hands balled into fistsif we solve it like our fathers we'll just end up in the mess we're inThrowing punches when you're cornered, we understandbut you're punching when you have the upperhandI am barking out at everythingI like the way it soundscause my father barked at everythingand I want to make him proudWe can solve it like our fathers, walk 10 paces, turn and shootIf we solve it like our fathers, then our kids will solve it this way tooThrowing punches when you're cornered, we understandbut you're punching when you have the upperhandThe whole world loves an underdog but you can't break the rulesand start beating us with baseball bats when your team starts to losethe screaming in the stands might sound like cheering from this farand all your kids are watching and can't tell the two apartand all your kids are watching when you tell them who you areThrowing punches when you're cornered, we understandbut you're punching when you have the upperhand---- Matt's Song -----Title: Curdled MilkteethAdditional Challenge: Something where it ought not to beLyrics:i was driving through the highlands at a quarter to 5 in the morning in the middle of junei was listening to a record that i used rely on to get by and thinking about youstop the car at intersections, check my heartspin the wheel in your directioncause somewhere out in the darkyou're burning and all i need to do is to follow the heatif i never come up for air i won't ever need to breathei won't need to breathecurdled milkteethnow i don't know this road from any otheri'm hungry and tired and i'm a hundred exits deepand the valley walls are so highthat i must have missed the sunriseif there ever was a sunriseI don't know when it happened, but sometime in the past I got too tall to sneak through the ryeI suddenly recall how i used to rely on you to catch me before I hit the overhangKill the engine, try to soothe my racing heartTurn my head in your direction