I like this too. It didn't sound too plodding to me but I can see why if gives you that feeling. In my opinion, I think the bass accenting the 1 of each bar may help to give it this feeling. When I listen, I hear 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 which may sound a little slowing than if you were to do 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6. Also maybe just bringing the drums and guitar up a little would help. I really dig the song though and the time change you have towards the end.
I like this song a lot. Might be my favorite of yours. Like I said, it sounds like a medley of two different songs, but they're both good.
Mixwise, you have some effect on the lead vocal. Is there some kind of distortion, and a strange reverb? It's cool at first but it gets old. By the end of the song, I'm wanting to hear your voice without it. Maybe tone it down, or try it in the first part of the song and ditch it in the second part?
It may be due to that effect, but the vocal isn't quite in the mix. It sounds like karaoke. If you could get a more natural sound, it might sit better.
Your voice is what makes all your songs. You're interesting to listen to. That's charisma. Your vocals work in an indy way.
In terms of performance, this could be better. It feels to me like the whole thing is not settled into its groove. Lots of places where the bass mistimes the changes. The voice doesn't feel quite locked in with the backing tracks. The drums have improved but aren't feeling organic. All around it could be tighter and groove better.
There was nothing in the last minute or so of the song that justified it going on so long. Either cut it short, or add some kind of solo or something to keep it interesting. Otherwise it drags.
I like just about all your songs.
Timing gak at :36. Double drum hit. A few more minor ones later.
The first thing I noticed about this is that there wasn't anything "pulsing" in
the song. It's all just kind of flacid, and plodding along. No "umph" on the back beats.
Sounds like a good plan. Not all the vocals need to be fixed, just a few parts, and a few more takes should give you plenty of bits to choose from to fix any problem areas.
When I say colorful, I don't necessarily mean any specific element. The things I mentioned will help, fixing the few vocal parts will help, some EQ in spots might help. Not sure where exactly, but it sounds like somewhere there is a little too much 2-4k, and not enough somewhere in the 300-600 range? Might be the vocal, not sure though.
As I listen again, it does have some color, so don't get me wrong, you're not too far off. There's just a lot of room to add "more ingredients to the meal" I like to say. Passing bass tones, guitar notes/fills, some "Ahhs" quietly beneath the chorus', especially just towards the end would be really cool. Sort of doing what the organ is doing at times. Bell hits, chimes, strings, the possibilities are endless with something like this. Unexpected, but fitting little things that surprise the listener, and add to the experience. Not sure if you noticed, but in the song I just posted, there is a gong hit at the start of each soft verse, and a quick bell at the end of the last solo, just before the last bar of the song. Check it out again and you'll hear them, in case you didn't notice it the first time. It's little things like that that I'm sort of referring to here.
102 is pretty slow for 6/8.
I'm listening to the new drums. The fills are throwing your groove off. They should be simple and steady. I found the reverb on the drums too much.