I like the tranquil mood at the beginning and the light, airy percussion. The vocals are soothing, if a bit undecorated in the mix. They could use a tad more compression and reverb in my opinion, at least towards the beginning. I really like the dreamy instrumental section at 1:11, and the subtle phrasing elements are really nice, like how the lead guitar gets gradually louder at 1:16. The piece has a great sense of drone-like continuity about it, and the sound design and mixing both sound very retro to me. The piece could’ve used a stronger “point of arrival” towards the end to add a sense of closure. Otherwise, the energy level of the piece kinda flat-lines after a while, and the tension inherent in it (especially after 2:15) doesn’t quite feel resolved. Otherwise, I really like the instrumentation, mood, and mixing here. Very strong work, spoonman420! ^_^

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.75/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1.25/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
2/2
Instrumentation and sound design
1/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.25/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
1/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
1/1
Composite score
9.25/10

I am utterly aghast you criticize your voice at all. I think it's crisp, clean, and refreshingly natural.

Also amazed you mixed this on apple earphones. I also have tinnitus so I sympathize with mixing with one's eyes LOL. I constantly hear cicadas, crickets, whining computer parts, and TV static that isn't really there. It's a challenge to cut through that. Sometimes sounds like I'm listening to the world through a drink straw.

Only mix critique I have is that vocals be bumped up a dB or two, and hihats and cymbals conversely come down a wee bit. Beyond that, this is about as perfect for me as it gets. Perhaps the open close hi-hat could move a bit to the left channel, 5 percent or so, with room overhead emphasized in the right, if applicable. I also can't hear toms too well, perhaps .4 dB boost or less would do the trick there.

I feel your automations of FX serve your phrasing really well, and the choice of Battery with previously recorded samples was a genius idea.

Also, glad to have surprised you with my true nature LOL. I'm a goof with resting bitch face in the nth degree, and I like to make weird faces.

This was mixed on Apple Earphones???? Holy shit, considered me floored for getting such nice mix on em. I think the only tell was that the vocals are a little low for my liking, other than that you've really ticked all the boxes for me :) great work!

THIS IS FUCKING GOOD

Awesome work as always :) (I'm in NGUAC, not sure why, but it is what it is haha)