Hello BodoTheSelf, yes yes I agree with your critiques on this! These songs were ones that I originally wanted to design for Piano only, but because I felt like the Piano was lacking some depth that I wanted to achieve with the music, I added strings to help support its sound and to give breaks between the ideas I had in mind with the Piano. I've gotten this critique before from my old composition teacher so it's a habit I still need to work on in making sure I give each sections more time to shine.
The instrumentation itself was meant to be the same across the tracks, however what I failed to do with this project compared to last year was that I failed to create more diversity in sound across each tracks as I decided to lean into the feel of the bittersweet melancholy I created with the first track, but yeah I agree that it can lose the affect when listening to each track back to back. On their own, I think they are all fine, but it was a risk I took to keep consistency between the tracks. Still highly appreciate the feedback, I will be looking to adjust for next year's jam!