Rachael and I listened to all of these songs a few times today, and she asked me on more than one occasion who yours was by. That's very telling because she knows your voice, and she can usually identify you easily. Your voice perfectly projects vulnerability here. Your guest vocalist is fantastic. My primary complaint is that percussion, which has an unpleasant, piercing quality to it. Maybe roll some of the highs off. In general I am hearing things in the high end that detract from what is otherwise a very, very solid composition and performance.

LYRICS: [GOOD] 2 points
STRUCTURE: [GOOD] 2 points
PERFORMANCE: [GOOD] 2 points
CONCEPT/CHALLENGE: [GOOD] 2 points
DYNAMICS/MIX: [OKAY] 1 point
SCORE: 9 out of 10

You seem to bounce up and down my rankings like crazy. This one totally won me back over after being disappointed with last round's song, I love the understated vocals and your voices sound fantastic together. The end-of-the-relationship lyrical take feels like a fairly obvious one for the challenge but the way you've executed it is superb, subtle, specific and moving.

Moody. I like the bass fills in particular; they add a lot of drama. This particular lyric works well with the feel of the song. That’s been one of your strengths, and you get a great performance from your guest as well as yourself. I still think the vocals are so hot, I tried it with both headphones and my stereo and there’s just so little headroom to my ear. In this case it certainly adds to a feeling of claustrophobia, but I’d have still preferred it rolled back a bit so I could listen more comfortably.