i like this one. Echoey reverb on the drums make it sound like it's a rehearsal room recording, but that's no bad thing. Some geographical bias may do you favours in the scoring, but deal, people!

You've got one of the clearest-cut implementations of the challenge. I've heard it said your first line needs to have a huge impact, and this one fits the bill. Very good work with the drums - that's a VST, right? The performance sounds very natural, especially on those fills. I appreciate that your vocals don't let lost as the dynamics of the song change. I wonder if maybe the "semi semi semi semi" section doesn't run maybe one or two measures too long? I guess you were leaning into the challenge. Overall this was a fun listen and veyr pleasant. I've got few negative comments.

I'll admit it, sometimes I see a challenge and my brain immediately tries to find the most annoying way to execute it and then I can't resist following through with it. Hence the approx one million repetitions of "semi". When submitting as Budget Bears I am trying to be a bit more raw and fuzzy, I feel like the end result here was still a bit "soft" but I got closer to my intentions for Round 1, I think. Being earlier in the alphabet is also a bonus.