Downloaded last night & listening at work on cans.
Sounds pretty damn good to me. I kind of like the darker sound of this. It seems to fit the song to me.
I think your friend has a nice voice, although, I’d like to hear him sing this with a bit more confidence. I catch a few intonation problems (not terrible by any stretch) mainly at the end of phrases because it sounds to me that there is a loss of energy in his voice there. I struggled with the problem of finishing phrases strong for a long time. It’s a common thing I hear in vocalists. It also seems to me that the vocal gets buried a bit in the parts with more instrumentation.
I really like this. This has to be a keeper for me. Nice work