Low End track here.

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Initial impression - instrument mix sounds good - nice and spread out and full.
I think the vocals might be a little loud in the mix. Could be my monitors.
I am not a fan of country so there is that.

Mix sounds pretty good though. I don't hear anything too obvious.
The Hammond comes in kind of weird - maybe needs a little reverb on it?
 
The song composition is really good. I like the song. The timing and performances are spot on. The mix balance is good. Really well done there. Now for what might improve the mix, since that is what you are asking for.

I know the drums are programmed, but the snare could use more thwack and less pop.

The vocals are where I would focus most for improvement. The levels are all over the place. If I were mixing this, I would just go through and ride the fader on the vocals. Pull down the louder parts, for example "now" at 1:27. Also, it seems there is either a de-esser on the vocals, or a lot of compression that is turning "s" into "th", for example at around 0:40 "thomething tho good". Just pull back on the compression and use a fader ride to even out the levels and restore some of your esses.

At around 2:48, when things get really quiet, you can really hear a hiss. Sometimes that comes from over compression, raising the noise floor. Could be another track that isn't muted during the quiet part. I'd search that out.

Overall, a really good effort. Thanks for sharing
 
I agree with zero, Vocals need to be worked on as there are some loud parts and some that are low. but overall the song concept is brilliant.
 
I think most of what needs to be said has been said.
I picked up a funny glitchy sound at 0:46 which sounds a bit off, happens a few times.
It might just be guitar pick noise but if I'm gonna be choosy then I'd see if it's easy to get rid of. My best guess would to take off any compression on the guitar and see if it still does it. Sounds like it's part of the guitar strumming transient that's getting through the compressor without being compressed, and then suddenly the compressor kicks in and drops it down again because the attack isn't fast enough to keep up.
It is also possible that it's an encoding error or something like that.
 
Good musicianship. Decent song.

The guitars have a DI'd sound to them. I'd prefer something more natural sound.

I detected a mic technique issue with the singer. Words at the end of phrases are often buried. the singer needs to stay close to the mic through the end of each line.

The vocal reverb is much different than the instruments. To me the reverb on the vocal sounds dated.

The mix overall sounds a little on the dull side. It seems to be missing some high end.
 
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