well my only criticism of your previous song was that it didn't really fit with the title, this one does and so I've got nothing. One of the things I sometimes find myself thinking while listening to these songs is "this is a good song but would I listen to it outside of the challenge?" and in your case both of your songs so far have been "100% yes, and I'd buy the album". Ranked purely on the song this would be my clear #1 of the round, in terms of dynamics it's really excellently done too.

This is good—excellent songwriting and arrangement. Lyrics are intense without being off-putting. The song keeps getting better as it goes along. By the way, your round zero entry really, really, really reminded me of The Weakerthans (whom I quite like), to the extent that I felt compelled to verify that someone hadn’t submitted one of their actual recordings.

God I love this song. At first I thought it was a general statement made about the some (more privileged) members of the LGBTQ community who don’t always show the most compassion to other members. Now that I know about that chad guy, I’m especially impressed. This has some great use of line breaks (“to put yourself down
....as a writer”), great disses, coulda been used for this week. Really well sung, love your voice, especially when you come down to the quiet chorus bits.

Not all that familiar with Chad Felix Greene so I hope that didn’t take some of the enjoyment away from this song. I didn’t dislike it, but I just struggled to connect with the verses. I thought the chorus was extremely well written & catchy. The vocals & music got the job done, but didn’t really blow me away. The vocals did do a good job of putting some feeling into the lyrics.

Lo-fi goodness. Glorious melodies. The quiet sections are very intimate. "If you get to yourself before they do does it hurt less?" is electric, what a great line. Tangible rage. Love the pretty, noisy pileup at the end.