{"id":656932,"date":"2026-06-25T04:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T04:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/656932\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T04:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T04:50:11","slug":"liminal-sky-all-tomorrows-darkness-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/656932\/","title":{"rendered":"Liminal Sky – All Tomorrow’s Darkness Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Born of the ashes of former project Messenger, UK post-rock duo Liminal Sky, comprised of Jaime Gomez Arellano and Daniel Knight\u2014and featuring Mat McNerney (Hexvessel<\/a>, ex-Beastmilk), Kristoffer Rygg (Ulver<\/a>), Anders M\u00f8ller, Karin Park (\u00c5rabrot), Daniel O\u2019Sullivan, Lars Horntveth, Alicia Nurho, Tore Ylwizaker, Ole Alexander Halstensg\u00e5rd, and Matt Rozeik\u2014represents the next chapter in Arellano\u2019s and Knight\u2019s creative vision. Occupying a desolate space in the post realm that I haven\u2019t covered in an official capacity since Latitudes<\/a> dropped Part Island, upcoming debut All Tomorrow\u2019s Darkness struck me in much the same way. Beautiful, inconsolable, tender, and graceful, Liminal Sky tugged at my heartstrings and called to my spirit.<\/p>\n

An emotional and loving affair, All Tomorrow\u2019s Darkness owes its gravity and poignancy to primary vocalist and lyricist Mat McNerney, impassioned by the recent loss of his mother. While it\u2019s very clearly heard in McNerney\u2019s vocal delivery across the record, Liminal Sky\u2019s songwriting too reflects that heartbreak with crystalline clarity. Especially in their longer form compositions (\u201cIn Some Secret Universe,\u201d \u201cAlgebra of Unknowing,\u201d \u201cAll Tomorrow\u2019s Darkness\u201d), sweeping arcs and delicate plucked melodies inform the shape of mourning, of catharsis, of release, and of loss that All Tomorrow\u2019s Darkness embodies. Its more energetic cuts (\u201cA Solitary Future,\u201d \u201cForget Me Not\u201d) don\u2019t disturb that shape, but rather recontextualize it as if to emphasize the unpredictable nature of grieving. As a whole, All Tomorrow\u2019s Darkness represents a highly intelligent, deeply thoughtful, and highly resonant experience that offers its heart to those who would hear it, in the hopes that they would hold it with warmth and understanding.<\/p>\n

All Tomorrow\u2019s Darkness by Liminal Sky<\/a><\/p>\n

Nowhere is this intimacy more effectively conjured than in centerpiece \u201cPenance,\u201d featuring Karin Park\u2019s soothing croon. It is a stunning work, reminiscent of White Ward<\/a> and Latitudes at their softest, but especially sorrowful, almost regretful. There\u2019s a pain to this song which echoes some of the hardest processes that come with mourning the loss of a loved one, and it brings greater substance to its more energetic companion piece, \u201cThe Weight of Heaven.\u201d In some strange alchemy, hookiness and subtle bounce fit \u201cThe Weight of Heaven\u201d like a glove, almost as if the upshot of weathering the storm is clarity, acceptance, even hope. And yet, existential uncertainty and an ominous foreshadowing persist as undercurrent through songs like \u201cAlgebra of Unknowing\u201d and \u201cOar on the Mooring\u201d to remind the listener that clarity, that acceptance, and that hope is fragile. To further personify this message, All Tomorrow\u2019s Darkness glides gently through all of these movements with a floatiness that belies its forlorn, heavy heart.<\/p>\n

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As a result of such fluidity, my perception of All Tomorrow\u2019s Darkness\u2019 hour-long expanse warps and shrinks. This, in turn, makes what should be a difficult, emotionally taxing experience remarkably easy to revisit. Its accessibility granted by direct, uncomplicated songwriting also affords a certain approachability that helps open up a listener not only to receive something so deeply steeped in pain and anguish, but also to respond in sympathetic release. That same simple songwriting, while effective and inviting, also results in some lightly recycled instrumental ideas. Across All Tomorrow\u2019s Darkness, melodies, rhythms, and pacing occasionally reach a level of homogeneity and eerie familiarity such that every now and again I lose my place. I imagine that this might be on purpose, perhaps to reinforce an impression of liminal space and limbo that often manifests in the grieving process. If so, I\u2019m not certain that Liminal Sky\u2019s songwriting scaffolded that concept\u2014outside of standout examples in \u201cIn Some Secret Universe\u201d and \u201cAlgebra of Unknowing\u201d\u2014well enough to have the desired effect. Instead, and especially after multiple spins, it negatively impacts recall and weakens the album\u2019s memorability.<\/p>\n

Liminal Sky rekindled something inside me that I had forgotten after years apart from this little corner of the post world. In spite of its slow and soft approach, All Tomorrow\u2019s Darkness strikes the spirit with accuracy and emotional heft. What few minor songwriting weaknesses it displays on occasion constitute an easily overcome obstacle to my appreciation of the experience. If anything, those very flaws help showcase how well-conceived and thoughtfully executed Liminal Sky\u2019s debut is everywhere else. Imperfect, but easy to listen to and devastating to hear, All Tomorrow\u2019s Darkness bears the soul of its creators with a candid vulnerability worth taking to heart.<\/p>\n

Rating: Very Good!
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb\/s mp3
Label: Karisma Records<\/a>
Websites: Bandcamp<\/a> | Facebook<\/a>
Releases Worldwide: June 19th, 2026<\/p>\n

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