This is good, but it just doesn't grab me that much, especially in the big sections. Personally I don't like overbearing compressed synth chords crushing everybody in their path that much. I think you did a good job of isolating the percussion from that carnage and you can pretty clearly hear the other instruments as well, it's just a personal preference thing. I'm very opinionated if you couldn't tell lol.

I'm gonna say it like this, the song is good, there's nothing inherently wrong with the mix or anything, I just personally think it's a boring song. Now it's not that it's ONLY boring, it is also serene and wonderful in the section starting at 01:55 and when you start coming in at 00:27 the instrument selection is phenominal, but then it crashes and burns for me with the chorus and I'm gonna say it again, THAT'S JUST ME. I enjoy listening from 01:55 onward cuz you have this great atmosphere and S P A C E thing going on with the pad work and the birds and I love me some birds man and when it goes into the chorus at 03:07 I find it much more palatable than the first chorus section. I think it may go without saying, but to go to that S P A C E after the carnage of the chorus' oppressive synth chords is like a breath of fresh air and a sigh of relief.

Perhaps I could describe the movements like this: You get together with your friends and chat (beginning) then you decide you're going to play some HARDCORE FOOTBALL (first big section), then your buddy falls through a tall hedge after getting SLAMMED and you go through to get him only to discover a gorgeous courtyard with a fountain and birds bathing (down section after chorus) you then decide that maybe you should just play regular football instead of nailing each other over and over and you commence play (final big section).

Transitions in this song I feel are a strong point, good work on them. I can hear the experimentation going on with the sheer variety in this song, and you can literally see variety when you look at the NG waveform, but whether or not some of the non repeating elements would be considered progressive or whack may be up to the individual listener cuz I'm not sure what to make of certain things here.

I hope you found this in good humour as I am not trying to bash you or anything The more I listen to it though, the more I appreciate this song for what it is. Once again good work and GO FOR GOOOOOOOOOOLD!

Oh and before I go and hit 'submit', I just noticed your tag that says, "story." Do YOU have a particular story in mind for this piece? Would love to hear about it!... But maybe after the judgement so listeners can draw their own conclusions like I did :P