Hi VC
I had a couple more listens...I like it even more now!
The horns are really good...I think that part is one of the highlights of the song, so they go brilliant there.
I think johns call about some backing vocals is a very good one...I love using an overlapping vocal, but I think an additional voice would be better to add in to the mix on those parts...otherwise it breaks the spell of one person talking to another perhaps?
I think your vocal is very very good in parts...possibly when it’s more confident? If some bits were recorded earlier, that might explain it...but you really nail it in parts...so I’d use the next 18 months (
) to get the rest of the vocal sounding just as excellent.
I would maybe strip the second half of the flute part back, if it were me...first phrase was nice but I though it was a tiny bit much, perhaps.
Feel-wise...quite a soul feel to it but pretty funky too...I have no idea how to describe it.
Put me in mind somewhat of Aztec Camera’s “love” Album “deep and wide and tall” kind of thing. That’s a lovely song and a great album.
Keep at it...it’s a gem!