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I heard a Kevin Ayers song on the radio yesterday and his vocals had total Caravan Ray vibes, are you a fan? This has one of the best choruses of the round, it's very catchy and I love the rhythm of the vocals. I don't think the verse / bridge quite live up to it, but they're solid and everytime the chorus comes around I'm tapping my feet, good stuff.

More minor chords! Cliche overload! I actually like this song more than the majority of the pack here, but aside from a peppy bpm this seems to be drenched in melancholia. I like when the trumpets come in near the end.

I appreciate the funny lyrics. I felt like they were a little too tongue-in-cheek to meet my challenge, but you did lean into it pretty hard. Execution: B+, concept: A/C, hooks: B+

Better than some of the other mirror/black cat/ladder etc entries and I love the inclusion of the Friday song references in the bridge. The horns are definitely a welcome addition, as the arrangement gets a bit samey, so it would be nice to hear a few more layers to flesh it out a bit. This feels more of an album track than a single. Weird that it's not the only song to reference bitcoin.

Great opening, love the intro and those first couple of lines really grab you. You lost me a little when you got to the Bitcoin, too aggressively topical without being central to the song itself. I love the chorus aside from the "friggatriskadekaphobia" line which felt forced and jumped out at me on each listen. The rest of the lyrics go together well and I really enjoyed all the weird dog racing references--they flowed well despite their apparent awkwardness. The vocals fall flat in the bridge, but mostly work well for me in the rest. Excellent chorus melody. Honestly, upon writing up my notes, I think I probably under-ranked you (sorry, had to do all the listening and ranking in a hurry this week, but there aren't any eliminations this round at least), I think it was the Bitcoin. Meets the challenge nicely.