this sounds gorgeous, really warm guitar sound and the harmonics and tremolo e-piano are perfect additions. Really nice palindromic riff and good vocal performances. Lyrics are poetic and interesting. Only real critique is that the drums and guitar could feel a little more locked-in in places, I particularly noticed this in the outro. One of my favourites of the round.

The intro to this is a great example of how to hit my buttons with a slower number. The guitars all throughout are glorious here, both the folky bits and the post-rock electric guitar twinkles. When the chorus hits I was a little disappointed first time as it descends into fairly generic ploddy slow rock. It does improve with repeated listens thanks to the strong melodies and tasteful lyrics, but I would have perhaps preferred if you'd have stuck with minimalist percussion for this track as I feel the on-beat snare drum contributes to the rather wearisome rhythm. That one gripe aside, the performances here are spot on and there isn't a hint of the amateurism that can often weigh down SF/NE related songwriting. Really good job.