Hey Izzy! Another great addition to your catalogue! I’m loving the variety in styles you put out.

Some things that tickled my ears …
- love the rhythm guitar on the left side just doing its thing
- the step up of dynamics and addition of a second rhythm guitar for the second verse
- some really big interval steps in the vocal melody makes it really catchy - the first line jumped out at me
- the pushed vocals on ‘compromise’ - a nice bit of rawness
- subtle yet complementary harmony vocals - a bit of bling
- really good lyrics - each line was worthy of consideration in its own right

An unexpected thing for me - my ear and natural inclination is to hear the line ‘I’m high on life’ rise up in melody - with it heading down, it gives me the impression that the highness is not authentically felt? Of course it could be a sign of contentment. Consequently, it took me a couple of listens to realise *that* was the chorus. (This might be MY problem in always thinking that the chorus has to be some kind of stand out.) While the horns are a great addition to the chorus, their use was in the form of punctuation between lines, and in a small way, I was waiting for each horn phrase to pass so I could hear the next vocal line. This is all personal preference, so take it with a pinch of salt.

This one’s going straight to my ‘favs’ playlist! Good job.

Andrew D


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Andrew D
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