Listen: Cosmo Sheldrake – The Fly

Brighton-based multi-instrumentalist Cosmo Sheldrake’s debut drop ‘Rich’ was one of the finest tracks to be selected Song of the Day at Best Fit last month. The London-born biologist’s son returned again this week with another new track, similarly jam-packed with found sound claps, clicks and rustles called ‘The Fly’.

Verses from William Blake’s poem of the same name are cut with twinkly bells, twanging banjo and twitchy samples: including some smashed Welsh slates, personally recorded by Cosmo himself. It’s that childlike approach to sonic exploration which really endears the 22-year-old. Dabbling in everything from hip-hop breaks through to jazz, it’s clear that he’s still keen to experiment and improvise.

Tinkering with baroque instrumentation and ultra-contemporary layering and looping techniques, Cosmo has landed upon a wonderfully rustic yet no less refreshing mural of Romantic Age Britain. Give ‘The Fly’ a chance. There’s something very special behind all the buzz.