From Bandcamp, "LIMINAL SKY is the new creative chapter for acclaimed producer Jaime Gomez Arellano and musician Daniel Knight, who previously played together in the band MESSINGER Written and recorded in isolation at Orgone Studios, their debut album "All Tomorrow's Darkness" transforms grief, insomnia and the bleak stillness of the English countryside into widescreen, melancholic post-rock. At the heart of the album is Mat McNerney, whose recent loss of his mother deepened the record's emotional honesty. Joined by a striking cast of Nordic collaborators including Kristoffer Rygg, Karin Park, Daniel O'Sullivan, Lars Horntveth, Alicia Nurho, Anders Møller, Tore Ylwizaker, Ole Alexander Halstensgård, and Matt Rozeik, each adding atmosphere without altering the album's singular, desolate vision. Released worldwide by Karisma Records, "All Tomorrow's Darkness" is a beautifully bleak debut: a closing of old chapters, the beginning of a new world, and a testament to how loss can illuminate even the darkest horizon."

The album has nine songs. "Some Other Time" is first, and it has a cool, gentle sway to it. "This is not goodbye," he laments, and adds "we'll see each other some other time." It's a melancholy offering, with both simple guitars and vocals, but it's quite emotional as well. "A Solitary Future" is another mellow offering, with occasional peaks of emotion. Take a look at the album cover for a clue as to the music that might be inside. It's an old, somewhat broken down home standing in a winter landscape by itself. "Forget Me Not" has a longer lead-in and it reveals itself with more clean guitars and vocals. Again, it's desperately sad, and rises with frustration in the chorus. "Penance" is act of self-punishment, service, or prayer undertaken to show sorrow, regret, or repentance for sins or wrongdoings, and the song reflects these feelings well. It reminds me of someone who spent their life in solitude, and has no one to speak with.

"The Weight of Heaven" begins with smooth, solemn keyboard notes, and the slow, sober sound makes your heart ache. Much of the emotional punch of the song comes in the chorus where the vocals rise. "Algebra of Unknowing" is another sad, reflective affair, and the themes of loss really come through strong. In the journey of loss, it might be the lowest point, questioning everything. Saxophone notes and string bring another level of depression to the song. "Oar to the Mooring" is another despondent song, and it doesn't seem like we are ever going to reach a point of acceptance. The sound stretches out for what seems like days, even weeks. "All Tomorrow's Darkness" is the final offering, and rather than ending the album on a happy note, it wallows in despair. In life, there are some things that you just can't get over.

This was a deeply personal album, and read the introduction in the beginning if you want some clues to how it sounds. Maybe it's just me, but I didn't get the sense of illumination after listening to the album. Indeed, it stayed very grey for me without much change.