A live date at Dublin's National Concert Hall was also billed for August of that year which would sell out before the group had released any music.

[17] As has become a signature of The Gloaming's music, several of the ten tracks that comprise the record consist of traditional material originating decades or even centuries ago that has been arranged by the group using a modern palette.

One track, "Opening Set", includes a series of seven individual traditional tunes within the one composition, one of which, "An Chúil Daigh Ré", is from the singing of Conchúbhar Ó Cochláin, Doire Na Sagart, Ballyvourney, County Cork.

[18] Production duties were carried out by pianist Thomas Bartlett and The Gloaming, while Patrick Dillett (David Byrne, St Vincent) engineered and mixed the record at his studio in New York.

The album sleeve was designed by Marc Bessant, with the cover art image – entitled 'Passage' – created by US conceptual photography duo Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison.

[18] The Gloaming was completed in the summer of 2013 before the band returned to the road for a sell-out tour stopping off at London, Amsterdam, Paris and New York.