this is very pretty and well-performed, and you make the rondel work well, another one where the rhyme scheme sounds very natural. The genre is not my thing, this is exactly the kind of music that goes in one ear and out the other for me, but from what I can tell outside of those biases, your execution is top-notch.

WTF, who are you? I was not expecting this from you. Stunning vocals, how many amazing singers are in your ensemble? I get Ben Folds with how you are singing, Songs For Silverman sprung to mind. The brush drums are wonderful and I love the guitar solo.

Absolutely lovely.

One rondel. Challenge met. However, it was noticeable that there was an odd/different rhyme scheme.
I like the melody though it's a bit more.. erm sugary than I typically like. Good vocal performance. Evocative. Lead guitar maybe could sit just a hair better in the mix. If I were mixing this track I'd be looking for a good reference track. I could be wrong, but I think it could be a bit tighter.

It took a little ways into the first listen for this to click with me, but once I realized it's basically an American Songbook style torch song, I was able to embrace this and really feel the performance. Sam, I've heard some of your other music and I've seen you perform live, so I know you to be a generally good singer, but the vocal performance in this song feels a little shaky, lacking in confidence. Perhaps because you wrote a more challenging melody than usual for yourself, or maybe the deadline got the better of you and you didn't have time to get comfortable, but I think that vocal performance is the biggest factor holding this song back. Especially when listeners come in expecting Erin, unfortunately. This genre of song is generally associated with/made famous by men and women who are renowned as singers first and foremost, crooning the sweet sonorous melodies of their ballads, so I think a more confident vocal take would have suited the genre better in addition to just being a good thing to strive for overall. There's so much else to love about this song, and I was honestly shocked to see it cut! I love the jazz guitar. I love the brush drums. I love the chord changes. I love how the lyrics sit in the melody. I love that ii-IV-I resolution over "Missing you another day." Just gorgeous work, and I'm sad to see you go.