I think this is the best Elks song of the contest so far, it's full of lovely sonic details and the e-piano-shredding outro is killer. My other favourite bit is the harmonised ooooh that comes in at 1:56, it sounds so good, but this feels like you've stepped up your ear-candy mission to new levels. I wasn't a fan of this title really but I like your take on it.

Would not have picked up on the sex rites concept without the liner notes, but I can totally see it. I like the soft treatment on everything. Twinkly synths, dreamy background vocal swells. I really like the sound of the bass. Everything is very clean production- and performance-wise. The keys solo outro is stellar.

My favorite Elks song of the contest so far--the chorus is super lovely and catchy--really adored the "oh oh" part, and the instrumentation feels lush and full but still lets the song breathe. Lots of nice little details in the arrangement as ever, I like the sparse noodly bendy guitar things, the chiming synth arpeggios, the bits of rich harmony (especially the "ooh" around 2 mins in), the strings around "ever higher and brighter". The Rhodes solo at the end is awesome. I like the pastoral imagery in the lyrics this time around, and I think maybe the challenge pushed them in a stylistic direction I prefer compared to last week's approach. However, I'm not sure I would have gotten "sex rites" out of this without the liner notes...

Loving the synthy goodness on show here. This is a big step up from last week's track, in my opinion, mainly due to the more tasteful production. I like the subtle verse guitar work and that "oooh" totally steals the show. Delightful harmonies and all the little twinkly bits in the background really fill out the arrangement. I think this is possibly your best production yet. Once again, lovely Rhodes solo, though I feel this would work better over a drawn out fade out.