Liminality (album)
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| Liminality | ||||
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| Released | 7 July 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2022–2024 | |||
| Genre | Ambient, new age | |||
| Length | 25:19[1] | |||
| Label | Ghost Home Recordings[2] | |||
| Producer | Seamus O'Muineachain | |||
| Seamus Ó Muíneacháin chronology | ||||
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Liminality is the seventh studio album by Irish ambient musician Seamus Ó Muíneacháin.[3]
O’Muineachain composed and produced Liminality over a two-year period in Thailand, Georgia, and Ireland.[4] The first track to be released from the album was “Here”, which debuted on the 25th anniversary show of An Taobh Tuathail on the 29th of April 2024.[5] The song “(It’s a Rare Thing) To Daydream” premiered on KEXP on the 12th of May 2024.[6] A video for the song by Thai artist Phannarat Sukkarnka premiered on It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine on May 13, 2024.[7] “Cinnamon” was played by Stuart Maconie on BBC Radio 6 Music on June 9, 2024.[8]
Critical reception
Writing for The Big Takeover, Dave Franklin called Liminality “a gorgeous, heady, and thought-provoking piece of work.”[9] EKM.CO called the album “a relaxing and powerful demonstration of being in the midst of a transition.”[10] Irish music blog Nialler9 called the track "Cinnamon" “Gorgeous minimal piano stuff” and included it on their list “9 of the best Irish songs this week.”[11] Geno Thackara, a critic for All About Jazz, included Liminality in his list of "Favorite Jazz Albums of 2024", writing "Dreamlike pacing and beautiful simplicity make a beguiling haze that easily feels like it could simply float endlessly between one thing and another."[12]
