vocal timing and tuning are frequently way off, especially in the first verse and chorus. The fact that it gets a lot better later on is frustrating to me, it feels like such an easy fix with another take or two and a bit of comping. Other than that, this is pretty solid - I really like the melancholy, shimmery riff, it sounds good when the harmonies come in and the swoopy, subtle synths later on are a cool detail. But the vocal sinks it for me.

Vocals sound a little boxy/nasal and buried during the chorus. They could stand to get some volume automation, or even just to have the vocal parts for the verses and choruses seperated into their own tracks and treated seperately. Synths coming in on the right channel at :28 are a bit too loud for something that seems like it's meant to be filler. The timing of all the instruments feel slightly off from each other. Concept is the harvest moon, and mortality / making the most of life. I feel like there's more to say about mortality and "taking time to smell the roses" that could be said here and isn't. The lines "Don’t sleep through this miraculous event / A good omen it is time to harvest" have a series of issues. The pacing is really awkward, and not in a cool David Bowie way. The wording where you use "it is" instead of "it's" feels unnatural. You stress the unstressed syllable in "harVEST". The guitar solo that follows feels a little aimless and off time, like it was an off-the-cuff single-take that just stayed in there. The chorus feels like it could benefit from some changes from one instance to the next.

I like the sound of this instrumentation, it almost has a kind of 50's prom mood. The vocals and lyrics sink this for me, though. The vocals are really off key, and sound pinched and kind of nasal/whiney in spots. There doesn't seem to be any particular reason to add the "fucking" and "shit" in the lyrics here and it ruins any sense of melancholy or nostalgia that the rest of the melody and instrumentation were suggesting... it's very hard to tell what you were going for in terms of overall concept here. The lyrics could work well for an angry, noisy punk song but they don't seem to work well here with this sweet mid-tempo tune. It's particularly weird with the barbershop harmony parts coming in on "pay some fucking attention". The last verse is also extremely clunky. You'd never say "fireworks ain't nothing comparatively" in a real sentence, and "a good omen it is time to harvest" sounds like it was pulled from a medieval fantasy novel and is a weird contrast with "you won't see this shit."

I love that twinkly intro; it's very Phil Spector (his music production, not his drug addled murdering). The vocals are very off-key for most of this and there are places where it feels like you haven't quite settled on what melody line you're going for. It's not a bad song and I think you'd have got through some of the earlier rounds with it but we're in the business end of the competition now.