cool soundscape, and the chorus melody is strong. The lyrics are more of a mixed bag, the opening line is pretty off-putting, you're immediately making me angry about tech-bros before you've even really gotten started, and the rest feels like it's just restating "less is more" over and over again, which may or may not be intentional irony. I do like the lines in the bridge, but musically that section doesn't feel like it flows very smoothly out of the second chorus, and the lead guitar feels a little arbitrary and out of place.

The samples thing seems to have encouraged mid tempo, moody songs haha. I might need more listens, because being right after The Alleviators' big ending, I was hoping for another tension buildup and big release, but this song is a different type of beast, and stays more steady, so I'll come back to this one when I don't have the other song in my head. It's got some catchy bits in there, which I love. I do think the last line of each stanza of the chorus could be workshopped melodically a little--the descending line leading up to the last line is super singalongy, but for some reason I think the melody of the last line falls a little flat, and doesn't hook me into singing along with it, carrying me into the next bit of chorus or next verse or what have you.

I love the industrial sounds you've sampled, especially the air compressor. Bass synth needs cleaning up. Kick needs cleaning up too. Concept is people being overly wordy. Timing gets a little sloppy around the 2 minute mark.

As far as the challenge goes, you've absolutely smashed it. The samples are very much integral but when it comes to the actual song, I'm not as big of a fan. It feels a little underdeveloped to me; as if you didn't have time to construct what you heard in your head. The bit that should be a build up before the guitar solo is a case in point. The lyrics are mostly okay but there are a couple of bits where it feels like you're trying to cram them into a melody that they don't quite fit eg "...couldn't remember what came first." I also feel like the arrangement doesn't really go anywhere particularly exciting.