Hey Draper,
I was playing around this one myself a couple of weeks ago. It's a great tune with a lot of ambience available to hone into your own desired sound. I think your mix is generally sounding pretty good but it is over emphasised around the 10k mark. I'm wondering if it's a result of the multi band comp you've mentioned. The emphasis seems consistent across the whole mix. Whist listening I found a -3dB low Q eq cut at around 10k and a smaller 1.5dB cut @ 300hz made a big different and made the mix sound quite nice and balanced (headphone reference). The main Vox for me may be a little hot in the intro, but does begin to sit in well when the song gets going. Good work so far. Hope this helps.
Hey Dave, thanks for the comments! I took your EQ notes, and I think it really made a big difference in the impact of the song. I did, however, keep the bold vocals the same in the intro. I like how they stand out in front of everything. They feel really exposed, which i think gives a certain feel to it. How do you think this new version translates?