I just have to comment on this... I've been listening to this song a lot last couple days - which says about as much about the music as anything else, in my opinoin!
Gotta add a +1 on what everyone is saying about the rhythm section. No wonder you get comments on the bass tone - I don't think it's as much the tone as many people think, but the playing. Excellent playing, it really comes together and grooves hard. (Many people don't realize the impact that a solid kick and solid bass have on the music when they lock in that groove together).
The vocals are pretty sweet too, as are the harmonies.
As for the recording, it's one of those things that it's hard to comment on - it's actually a challenge to listen to the recording because it does the job it's supposed to; it puts me into the song (which works very well in its own right).
I guess if I had to nitpick some things (opinion/style based things, really), here's some stuff I can come up with(listening on headphones right now):
The guitar in some of the spare parts (for example, intro) I could perhaps use a little bit of/more of room sound or something, it just sounds a little too "placed mono" (just a little). Perhaps something like recording the amp with a stereo pair of farther-back mics, using the amp's placement in their stereo field to get some appropriately-panned room space to the track, although that assumes you like your room sound better than any true stereo 'verbs you have. Vocals in the same part seem to my ear to have the right space for their needs.
Distortion tone also is perhaps a little too dense in the low end, coming across slightly muddy to my ear, but again it's more a matter of taste.
On the choked cymble hits, I almost think there's some sort of ringyness in there that I notice, but I dunno what's really going on there, if anything.
When the ride first comes in, it seems kinda wide or somehow perceptually away from the rest of the stuff in a way that somewhat distracts me (or maybe it's just that I usually prefer drums panned from drummers perspective, and I'm always surprised to hear a ride in a spot I'm not used to).
But all that is really just nitpicks and style choices that I fished a bit for in effort to give more feedback other than "I like it!". I really dig the syncopation and groove-lock in the rhythm section, the main riff is catchy and rockin, vocals are nice, harmonies are spot-on and sweet, and the whole presentation works well to make you forget you're listening to a recording and just enjoy the music, which I very much did.
Good job!
. Now, I'll have to go listen to some Big Sugar and see what they're all about......
