“Somnia” is the culminating moment in Skycabin’s “waterfall series.” The single is steeped in the sounds of soul and R&B, with a commanding performance from acclaimed singer Denise Stewart, as well as 90s downtempo. The song has a defiant and striving tone but the lyrics are brimming with expressions of anxiety that most people living in the world and paying attention might feel themselves. And the chorus of “I’m living in a bad dream” has a hint that all of this chaos, conflict, static and desperate challenges feel like a moment in time that has been building for decades and longer from which we might find ourselves free if there was a collective shift in consciousness, a waking up, from outmoded and unproductive ways of thinking and being. For several years now it seems as though unfortunate and nightmarish events have been transpiring at an accelerating pace and it leaves little time for recovery so maybe you dissociate a little to survive the day but with the impending sense of what could come next. The song and its AI generated, Afro-futurist imagery suggests a hope against hope and a will to get through this period and shake off the collective human nightmare. One can only hope. Watch the video for “Somnia” on YouTube and follow Skycabin at the links provided.
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