The first ten seconds left me fearing but what followed thankfully went in a different direction. It's a bit slow and dullish but I can appreciate the early SOM vibe. Sorry that might not be entirely accurate; but you'd prefer that to the Mission, right?

Right off the bat, your vocal isn't sitting well in this mix, which is making it hard for me to make out the lyrics. I do appreciate the moody toms, but I think they're crowding out the baritone fundamental of your voice. I think your song serves as a very interesting contrast to Lowest Bitter's song. His entry has this deep emotional core in the lyrics that the music wasn't working to bring out. Your song is absolutely dripping with mood and emotion, but the lyrics aren't really gripping me. Your character is obsessed with these stones and singing about them, but I never really found a reason to connect with these lyrics. What does it mean for this person that he's so obsessed? Is he being kept from the thing he loves? Is his obsession keeping him from other loves or goals? What does it mean for this person to be so obsessed with these stones? You only have so many words to get and hold our attention, and you spend a ton of them just naming the stones; maybe redirect some of that energy into convincing us it matters.

extremely moody. My favourite part of this is the way the backing vocals emphasise the chord change on "semi", the twangy guitars in the bridge are fun too. Otherwise this is solid but doesn't really stick with me - the lyrics are pretty uninteresting to me, very "here is a list of things that fit the title", and in a slow song with plenty of room to concentrate on what you're singing about, that hurts the song I think.