This is a collaboration between Craig Padilla on synthesizers and Marvin Allen on guitar, so we have some sense of what we are in for. According to the label, “Toward The Horizon is space music in every sense. Hypnotic, captivating, dreamy, and vivid, the music drifts from electronic soundscapes to atmospheric textures, at times swirling and spinning through dazzling sequences and epic soaring refrains.” So let’s see how it stacks up to this description.

The introduction to the title track reminds me a bit of The Durutti Column, and changes throughout the almost 18 minutes, even adding a beat at one point. But the bread and butter of this album is the spacey ambient drone. At times, such as in “Hidden,” the guitar is used more as atmosphere, which provides a nice texture to the composition. Still, they seem to enjoy switching it up, and in “Beneath the Surface” we combine that spacey ambient with a heavy beat and a jamming prog rock solo. Overall, this is a pleasant listen and they avoid falling into the trap that some of these albums fall into of having all of the tracks start sounding alike. This album weighs in at around 65 minutes.