LIMINAL SKY – All Tomorrow’s Darkness

RELEASE YEAR: 2026
BAND URL: https://liminalskyband.bandcamp.com/album/all-tomorrows-darkness

What we have here is undoubtedly one of the most unique and captivating records that you will come across this year. Spearheaded by the two multi-instrumentalists Jaime Gomez Arellano and Daniel Knight and then backed by a stellar cast of musicians including Mathew “Kvohst” McNerney (Hexvessel), Kristoffer Rygg (Ulver), and Daniel O’Sullivan (SUNN O))) just to list a few, All Tomorrow’s Darkness is an arresting listen shot through with melancholy, sadness, and resignation without ever descending into the maudlin. Glimmers of hope occasionally rear their heads too.

Stunningly played songs rooted in introspective post-rock create a deeply moving and ceaselessly melancholy world that somehow manages to straddle beauty and despair in a completely effortless manner. Rarely do albums sound as heartfelt this nine-track offering does. From the mesmerizing “Some Other Time” to the urgent longing of “In Some Secret Universe” and further on to the riveting “The Weight of Heaven” with its warm tone and lyrical phasing, the entire disc comes across as one perfectly climactic, consistently engaging, and fiercely creative output. Another highlight is the track “Penance” featuring the haunting and eerily delicate vocals of Karin Park, which juxtaposes fragility with a subtly crushing heaviness that defies description. Much of the magic is to be found in the vocal melodies and the many textures inherent in each track with the latter being one of many reasons why listening to the gem never loses its charm whereas the former is what immediately sucks you in and appears catchy and immediate. The compositions are graceful and elegant in terms of instrumentation and arrangements, which especially pertains to the use of saxophone, violin, and viola, and the poetic quality of the words that accompany them are both profoundly human and gently hypnotic.

There is no glossy novelty to this perfectly executed album. It embodies the redemptive power of art and serves as a catharsis, and hardly an ounce of its musical content feels superfluous. To be touched by sounds that transcend the mundane and instead border on the spiritual is a fantastic and terrifying experience, and All Tomorrow’s Darkness does exactly that and with aplomb. What a fantastic journey!