sooooo,,,,,, been a while, the coding hyperfix died and then i switched meds and ive been kinda super depressed, but heres a little music review i made for the jan edition of the newspaper, hope you enjoy!!
Interdimensional is a song by Cosmo Sheldrake for his 2024 album Eye to the Ear. This song is the 20th of the 21 song tracklist. Sheldrake is known for his songs relating to nature and having a very distinct sound seen in The Moss and Birthday Suit, popular in 2020.
Sheldrakes music has this very whimsical, magical feeling to it, and I think this is particularly saturated in Interdimensional. His voice is very pleasant, it sounds doubled, almost like an echo, it has this hint of a rasp while being very coffee-like, it feels like home. Interdimensional has a cave vibe in the way it echos, the pounding drums, a distant chorus. The best part by far is at 3:07 where there is almost a beat drop, but then at 3:18 the beat actually drops and it feels ethereal. the once distant chorus surrounds you, Sheldrakes voice barely understandable under it. Its like the climax of a movie, ending with the line “Man overboard at sea in bewilderment / Over borders lost in the wilderness”.
Cosmo Sheldrake says that Interdimensional is about losing your sense of self, however I think the song deals more with how we are interconnected with nature and how everything in nature is interconnected with each other. “I wasn’t big / I wasn’t small / I wasn’t anyone at all”. This line is about being everything, being apart of the big picture, and the big picture itself. We are big in comparison to ants, but small in comparison to giraffes. “Up above and barefoot / My feet were on the cold ground / I looked a little harder / Life was blooming all around / Undulating order / My ears were bathed in strange sounding tunes”. This is about being out in nature. being barefoot makes you feel closer to the earth. If you look around- under rocks, in the grass, in the trees, you can find life everywhere around you. “Undulating order” could refer to the animal kingdom, how it regulates itself, animal populations ebb and flow. “My ears were bathed in strange sounding tunes” would refer to when you’re really out there and you stand still for a moment and listen- the wind that whips past you, crows, seagulls, robin calls, distant cows, people even.
Listening to Interdimensional feels like a holy religious experience. Its beautifully crafted with clear love and passion. If you want to feel like a mage on a quest while walking in the halls I’d implore you to give this song a listen. It’s available on all streaming services.